grub up en · VERB
Meanings
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(dated) To pull (something) up by the roots; to uproot.
These are gothic notions of beauty—the ivy is beautiful, but, when it insidiously destroys the trunk from which it receives support, who would not grub it up?
1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| grubs up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| grubbing up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| grubbed up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| grubbed up | Tense=Past | lexicographic |