Usually means: Move to a new location.
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  1. up sticks: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. up sticks: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. up sticks: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. up sticks: Wiktionary

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  1. up sticks: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Definitions from Wiktionary (up sticks)

verb:  (UK, Ireland, sailing, slang) To put up the mast of a ship in preparation for sailing.
verb:  (UK, Ireland, figurative, colloquial) To prepare to move; to pack up; to go and live in a different place.

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