grub up
Example Sentences
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Taylor held the pale, wriggling grub up to Adina’s face.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
“Nobody ain’t got no time tuh hold yo’ grub up in front uh yo’ face,” she told Coodemay.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
A gang of three men proceeded systematically to grub up the plants and collect the multitudes of water-snails that they might be examined by the expert to see if any obnoxious species were present.
From The Eye of Osiris by Freeman, R. Austin (Richard Austin)
I fear all our bushes are so large that there is nothing which we are at all likely to grub up.
From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James
Go and grub up roots with your dirty fingers! don’t dig them with a spade—it’s a machine!
From The Story of Antony Grace by Fenn, George Manville
