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Phrase(s): uproot something from some place
to take up a plant or tree, roots and all. • Wally uprooted the bush from the backyard and replanted it on the other side of the house. • Who uprooted a rosebush from my garden?, Phrase(s): uproot someone from some place
Fig. to cause someone to move from a well-established home or setting. • You should not uproot people from the land in which they were born. • I just couldn’t uproot myself from my home.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs