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*grounds for something

the basis or cause for legal action such as a lawsuit. (*Typically: be ~ become ∼.) Your negligence is grounds for a lawsuit. Is infidelity grounds for divorce in this state?

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Business Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004 As part of its annual effort to promote environmental awareness in stores, Starbucks invites customers to pick up a free bag of spent coffee grounds from any neighborhood Starbucks store through the year-round Grounds for Your Garden program. Starbucks Perks up Gardens; Complimentary Spent Coffee Grounds ... by Business Wire			grist grist for the mill grist to the mill grit teeth gritty groan groan about groan out groan under groan with gronk groom groom as groom for groove groove on grope grope after grope at gross gross out ground ground in ground on grounded in fact grounds for group group around group together group under grouse grouse about grouse at grovel grovel before grovel in grovel to grow grow apart grow away from grow back grow by leaps and bounds grow down grow from grow in grow into grow like Topsy grow on grow out grow out of grow over			groundmass groundnut groundnut groundnut Groundnut Bud Necrosis Virus Groundnut Chlorotic Spotting Virus groundnut meal groundnut meal groundnut meal groundnut oil groundnut oil groundnut oil groundnut poisoning groundnut poisoning groundnut poisoning Groundnut Ringspot Virus Groundnut Rosette Assistor Virus groundnut vine Groundnuts Groundnuts Groundnuts groundout groundouts groundplasm grounds grounds grounds grounds grounds grounds grounds for grounds for complaint Grounds for Dessert Coffeehouse Grounds for emancipation Grounds for Non-Acceptance Grounds for Sculpture grounds out grounds out grounds out grounds out groundscatter propagation groundsel groundsel groundsel groundsel bush groundsel bush groundsel tree groundsels groundsels groundsels groundsheet groundsheet groundsheet groundsheets groundsheets groundside groundsill groundsill groundsill groundskeeper groundskeeper

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