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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
grub .
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Examples
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When the tobacco growers are ready for preparing their "new ground" they invite in their friends and neighbors, and the field is "grubbed" in a short time.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce E. R. Billings
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Apple tree borers are frequently serious, especially in young orchards, where the trees should be regularly "grubbed" and the borers dug out or killed with a piece of wire.
Apple Growing M. C. Burritt
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I've "grubbed" at a threepenny hash-house, I've been at a counter-lunch,
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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Right here, where the ground is being cleared, or "grubbed," will be the
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Right here, where the ground is being cleared, or "grubbed," will be the
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Right here, where the ground is being cleared, or "grubbed," will be the
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Seems to me they "grubbed" a lot of money off the backs of the average working George.
Articles 2009
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Cyclists helped save many roads from being grubbed up.
19th century cyclists paved the way for modern motorists' roads | Carlton Reid 2011
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So I grubbed out an L-shaped plot, ran a drag over it with an ATV, and applied the seed.
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The stock ticker at the time, the sacred heartbeat of the American financial system was halted for six minutes, while the crowd grubbed for the money on the floor.
Chris Weigant: Wall Street Protest, Circa 1967 Chris Weigant 2011
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