unditchv.
transitive. To get (a vehicle, etc.) out of a ditch (by hauling, levering, or the like).
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > dig out or up > get something out of a hole by hauling, levering, etc.
unditch1928
1928 Daily Tel. 6 Mar. 9/7 All [the tanks] were either repaired or unditched.
Derivatives
unˈditching n. (usually attributive).
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [adjective] > removing vehicle from ditch
unditching1920
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 272/1 The unditching beam could not be used.
1971 ‘D. Rutherford’ Clear Fast Lane 40 In the [car's] boot were the spares and..a couple of unditching mats.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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