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synonyms for grub up

  • embed
  • ingrain
  • burrow
  • delve
  • ferret
  • forage
  • grub
  • hunt
  • lodge
  • nose
  • place
  • poke
  • pry
  • rummage
On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to grub up, such as: embed, ingrain, burrow, delve, ferret, and forage.

antonyms for grub up

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  • cover
  • dislodge
  • leave alone
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How to use grub up in a sentence

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 WALKER
The horses are just kept alive by grass which Hindoos grub up by the roots.
LADYSMITHH. W. NEVINSON
They must grub up roots, or gather grass seeds, or catch wild animals—if they can.
POLITICAL ECONOMYW. STANLEY JEVONS
He allows no strange dogs to prowl about the place, and grub up his buried bones.
WAS IT RIGHT TO FORGIVE?AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON BARR
The 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 PARKMAN
They have never taken the trouble to grub up the stumps, and each man must look out for shelter.
WITH LEE IN VIRGINIAG. A. HENTY
We 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. HOUGHTON
There 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 LANG
I 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 KOCK
They had forests to cut down, underwood to grub up, marshes to drain, and savages to exterminate.
KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK, COMPLETEWASHINGTON IRVING
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO GRUB UP

  • burrow
  • delve
  • embed
  • ferret
  • forage
  • grub
  • grub up
  • hunt
  • ingrain
  • lodge
  • nose
  • place
  • poke
  • pry
  • rummage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.