grub out

• Ausgraben oder Entfernen von etwas aus dem Boden, besonders Wurzeln oder Baumstümpfe; im übertragenen Sinne etwas vollständig beseitigen oder ausrotten.

A phrasal verb meaning to dig up or remove something from the ground, especially roots or stumps, or to eradicate something completely.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. informalbritish

   To dig up or remove something, especially roots or stumps, from the ground.

   Ausgraben und Entfernen

   • The farmer grubbed out the old tree stumps from the field.
   • They had to grub out the weeds before planting new seeds.
   • He spent the afternoon grubbing out the roots of the dead bush.

   Synonymedig uperadicateextirpategrub uproot outunearthuproot

   Antonymeburyplantsow

2. Find or obtain with effortinformalbritish

   To find or obtain something, especially information or food, by searching or working hard.

   Mühsam auftreiben

   • She managed to grub out some useful facts from the old archives.
   • He grubbed out a meal from the leftovers in the fridge.
   • The journalist grubbed out the truth after weeks of investigation.

   Synonymedig outdredge upextractferret outroot outscroungeunearth

Grundverbgrub