Definition of "root up" [root up]

• To dig or pull up by the roots; to deracinate. (verb)

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• "The darnel before it comes into ear is very similar in appearance to wheat; hence the command that the zizania should be left to the harvest, lest while men plucked up the tares "they should root up also the wheat with them.""