grub out

• Verbe à particule signifiant déterrer ou enlever quelque chose du sol, en particulier des racines ou des souches, ou éradiquer complètement quelque chose.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. informalbritish

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

   déraciner

   • 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.

   Synonymesdig uperadicateextirpategrub uproot outunearthuproot

   Antonymesburyplantsow

2. Find or obtain with effortinformalbritish

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

   dénicher

   • 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.

   Synonymesdig outdredge upextractferret outroot outscroungeunearth

Verbe de basegrub