grub out

• Фразовый глагол, означающий выкапывать или удалять что-либо из земли, особенно корни или пни, или полностью искоренять что-либо.

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

неисчисляемое · переходный · фразовый, разделяемый

1. informalbritish

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

   Выкорчевать

   • 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.

   Синонимыdig uperadicateextirpategrub uproot outunearthuproot

   Антонимыburyplantsow

2. Find or obtain with effortinformalbritish

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

   Добыть с трудом

   • 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.

   Синонимыdig outdredge upextractferret outroot outscroungeunearth

Базовый глаголgrub