root up
root up · roots up · rooted up · rooting up
уничтожить, уничтожать, истребить
vernichten, auslöschen, ausrotten
To dig or pull up by the rootsTo dig or pull up by the roots.
» He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
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1 sensesTo dig or pull up by the roots.
Examples
4 sentencesHe's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
Burchard had every nettle rooted up for three leagues round.
Jealousy and strife have overthrown great cities, and rooted up mighty nations.
I have to go to the salon and get my roots touched up.
Forms
roots up, rooting up, rooted up, rooted up| Base form | root up · to root up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | roots up |
| Present participle | rooting up |
| Past simple | rooted up |
| Past participle | rooted up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbsSynonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.