drop out vs pull up stakes

drop out and pull up stakes both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
drop out	No	No	Yes	No
pull up stakes	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, pull up stakes is a hypernym of drop out; that is, pull up stakes is a word with a broader meaning than drop out:

Other hypernyms of drop out include depart, leave.

drop out (verb)	pull up stakes (verb)
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat	remove oneself from an association with or participation in
leave school or an educational program prematurely
withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values