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Past tense for to search, especially in a clumsy and unmethodical manner
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“In these ruins, we used to grub about for arrowheads, ancient beads, and other things.”
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Past tense for to dig or poke about, especially in soil, in search of something
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“He would grub about in the ditches for monsters to put in his aquarium, and bring buckets of water of his own accord for it.”
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Past tense for to apply great and continuous effort
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“Our ancestors fled halfway around the world to try and grub a living out of the forest.”
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Past tense for to remove something from the earth by digging it up
“If a fence be an old bad one, grub it up and raise a new one.”
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Past tense for to hunt or search for in a place or area
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Past tense for to place, lay or set firmly in surrounding matter
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