"undergrub" meaning in All languages combined

See undergrub on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-undergrub.wav Forms: undergrubs [present, singular, third-person], undergrubbing [participle, present], undergrubbed [participle, past], undergrubbed [past]
Etymology: From under- + grub. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|grub}} under- + grub Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} undergrub (third-person singular simple present undergrubs, present participle undergrubbing, simple past and past participle undergrubbed)
  1. (UK, dialect) To undermine. Tags: UK, dialectal

Inflected forms

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