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grub2 past tense and past participle grubbed, present participle grubbing [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
informal to look for something on the ground or just under the ground, especially by moving things around :
Jake got on the floor and grubbed about under the desk.
Jake got on the floor and grubbed about under the desk.grub something ↔ up/out
phrasal verb
Farmers were encouraged to grub up hedgerows.