repot
v.— «“I’d never stayed anywhere longer than five years before I came here,” Meza said of his conviction that a thriving ministerial career requires frequent repotting. “Several times I’ve wanted to leave here but there always was unfinished business.”» —“A Man Of Peace Leaves Pilgrims” by Marjorie Hyer Washington Post Aug. 1, 1980. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Katie in Everett, Washington, is curious about the expression If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there’d be no need for tinkers. What is a tinker? She heard this phrase on the television series The Gilded Age, in response to a character who...