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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grub up, such as: embed, ingrain, burrow, delve, ferret, and forage.
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Wild pig were very plentiful, and at night they would often grub up the ground a few yards from my hut.
WANDERINGS AMONG SOUTH SEA SAVAGES AND IN BORNEO AND THE PHILIPPINESH. WILFRID WALKERThe horses are just kept alive by grass which Hindoos grub up by the roots.
LADYSMITHH. W. NEVINSONThey must grub up roots, or gather grass seeds, or catch wild animals—if they can.
POLITICAL ECONOMYW. STANLEY JEVONSHe allows no strange dogs to prowl about the place, and grub up his buried bones.
WAS IT RIGHT TO FORGIVE?AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARRThe cold was intense; and it was no easy task to grub up wild onions from the frozen ground to save themselves from starving.
LA SALLE AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WESTFRANCIS PARKMANThey have never taken the trouble to grub up the stumps, and each man must look out for shelter.
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIAG. A. HENTYWe will grub up a few roots; perhaps Mrs. Charlton would like them for her wild garden shrubbery.
COUNTRY WALKS OF A NATURALIST WITH HIS CHILDRENW. HOUGHTONThere was no one to grub up pig-nuts for her, nor to extract insects of an edible sort from beneath the bark of trees.
IN THE WRONG PARADISEANDREW LANGI shan't undertake his education; it would be too hard work to grub up that fellow.'
PAUL AND HIS DOG, V.1 (NOVELS OF PAUL DE KOCK VOLUME XIII)CHARLES PAUL DE KOCKThey had forests to cut down, underwood to grub up, marshes to drain, and savages to exterminate.
KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK, COMPLETEWASHINGTON IRVINGWORDS RELATED TO GRUB UP
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