verb [VN]
1 to pull a tree, plant, etc. out of the ground:
The storms uprooted a number of large trees.
2 ~ yourself / sb to leave a place where you have lived for a long time; to make sb do this:
If I accept the job, it will mean uprooting my family and moving to Italy.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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