grub up

Example Sentences

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“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

Taylor held the pale, wriggling grub up to Adina’s face.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

But if I did, I have no doubt she would take up a hoe or a watering-pot, and proceed to do some very unghostlike deed—perhaps, grub up weeds.

From Old-Time Gardens Newly Set Forth by Earle, Alice Morse

We will grub up a few roots; perhaps Mrs. Charlton would like them for her wild garden shrubbery.

From Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children by Houghton, W. (William)

Afterward by degrees you grub up the stumps and get the clean, tilled land.

From The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound by Bindloss, Harold