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updelve
updelve v.
Brit. 
/ˌʌpˈdɛlv/
, /ˌʌpˈdɛlv/U.S. /ˌəpˈdɛlv/
transitive./ˌəpˈdɛlv/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > break up land [verb (transitive)] > dig
delvec888
to dig up1377
diga1425
pastine?1440
updelvec1440
upstockc1440
hack1620
pastinate1623
repastinate1623
spit1648
spittle1727
spud1828
c1440 Pallad. on Husb. ix. 92 Ther as they growe, vpdelue..v foote into the grounde.
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- to take the bickies
- to take the biscuit
- to take the bit in his teeth
- to take the black veil
- to take the bloom off
- to take the blue ribbon
- to take the bog asklent
- to take the boldness
- to take the bread out of a person's mouth
- to take the bull by the horns
- to take the bun
- to take the cake
- to take the cakes
- to take the can
- to take the can back
- to take the chair
- to take the chequered flag
- to take the chill off
- to take the communion
- to take the count
- to take the credit for
- to take the cross
- to take the crown
- to take the death
- to take the dust