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pluck: the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord; strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"; pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked the strings of his mandolin"; pull or pull out sharply; "pluck the flowers off the bush"

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grub up collapse: dig up; "grub up roots and tree stumps"

rip out collapse: burst out with a violent or profane utterance; "ripped out a vicious oath"; "ripped out with an oath"

tear out collapse

unearth collapse: bring to light; "The CIA unearthed a plot to kill the President"

extricate collapse: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot extricate myself from this task"

uproot collapse: pull up by or as if by the roots; "uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden"; destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

dig up collapse

excavate collapse: remove the inner part or the core of; "the mining company wants to excavate the hillside"; form by hollowing; "Carnegie had a lake excavated for Princeton University's rowing team"; "excavate a cavity"; find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"; lay bare through digging; "Schliemann excavated Troy"

dredge up collapse

take out collapse: buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"; remove something from a container or an enclosed space; obtain by legal or official process; "take out a license"; "take out a patent"; purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

weed out collapse: remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"

hardihood collapse

draw out collapse: cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet"; make more sociable; "The therapist drew out the shy girl"

pull up collapse

eradicate collapse

scare up collapse

wrest collapse: obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically; "wrest the knife from his hands"; "wrest a meaning from the old text"; "wrest power from the old government"

yank collapse: pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

peeve collapse: an annoyed or irritated mood; cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

dredge collapse: a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed; remove with a power shovel, usually from a bottom of a body of water; search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost; cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it"

root out collapse

grabble collapse

disentangle collapse: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"

chutzpah collapse

quarry collapse: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry; "quarry marble"

bring in collapse: bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment; "He brought in a new judge"; "The new secretary introduced a nasty rumor"; transmit; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine"; submit (a verdict) to a court

get out collapse: express with difficulty; "I managed to get out a few words"

jiggle collapse: move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"

entrails collapse

intestinal fortitude collapse

drive up the wall collapse

pet peeve collapse: an opportunity for complaint that is seldom missed; "grammatical mistakes are his pet peeve"

unravel collapse: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of; "unravel the thread"

evolve collapse: undergo development or evolution; "Modern man evolved a long time ago"; work out; "We have developed a new theory of evolution"

scrape together collapse

gumption collapse

pull out collapse: move out or away; "The troops pulled out after the cease-fire"

bone of contention collapse: the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"

bedevil collapse

denude collapse: lay bare; "denude a forest"

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