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
Go down an' help him tote th' grub up.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Mulford, Clarence E.
His remaining horses he had turned out into the hills, upon whose tops, when the snow flew, they could grub up a living without too much difficulty.
From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson
Nor is it worth his while to grub up the old roots; for you cannot plant a new orchard where an old one has decayed.
From Merry-Garden and Other Stories by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
