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meaning of an idiom

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what is the meaning of the idiom "rolling up a stake"
 

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If you can provide the context, someone may be able to tell you.
 

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"pull up stakes" (colloquial), which means "to leave a place where one has lived for a long time in order to start a new life somewhere else".
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"roll up one's sleeves" (informal), which means "to prepare for action".

Is "rolling up a stake" the hybrid of the two above?:)(Not a teacher)
 

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"Put up a stake"?
refers to providing the money in advance.

The bank put up a stake for the new housing development.
 
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