up sticks

動詞

イギリス英語 俗語 口語 比喩的用法

(Britain, sailing, slang) To put up the mast of a ship in preparation for sailing. / (Britain, figuratively, colloquial) To prepare to move; to pack up; to go and live in a different place.

日本語の意味

船舶の準備として帆柱を上げる行動をすること / 引っ越しの準備をする、荷物をまとめて新しい場所へ移ること

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Before the tide turned, the crew coordinated their efforts to up sticks the mainmast and prepare the ship for sailing.

潮が満ちる前に、乗組員は協力してメインマストを立て、出航の準備をした。

詳細

意味（1）

(Britain, sailing, slang) To put up the mast of a ship in preparation for sailing.

意味（2）

(Britain, figuratively, colloquial) To prepare to move; to pack up; to go and live in a different place.

Both of these conquered more and more of India, till at length the Rajput city of Delhi was captured, and then the disgusted Rajputs ‘upped sticks’ and fled before Islam and the Turk, and finally settled amid the inaccessible mountains and jungles and occasional fertile valleys of what is known as Rajputana or Rajasthan.

詳細

ups sticks （ present singular third-person ）

upping sticks （ participle present ）

upped sticks （ participle past ）

upped sticks （ past ）