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grubbing out

grubbing out is the present participle and gerund of grub out.

Meaning of grub out

Verb

grub out (third-person singular simple present grubs out, present participle grubbing out, simple past and past participle grubbed out)

  1. Synonym of grub up.
    Synonyms:
    grub up
  2. (slang) To eat a lot of food, especially comfort food.

Questions about grubbing out

What is grubbing out the present participle and gerund of?
Grubbing out is the present participle and gerund of grub out.

Words near grubbing out in the dictionary

  1. grubbing along
  2. grubbing hoe
  3. grubbing hoes
  4. grubbing ken
  5. grubbing kens
  6. grubbing out
  7. grubbing up
  8. grubbings
  9. grubble
  10. grubbled
  11. grubbles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grubbing out (page history and authors); grub out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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