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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. 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? Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The fact of the matter is that there are no civilian shelters in Gaza; the people of Gaza do not have the unlimited backing of a United Arab Appeal, AIPAC or an Anti Defamation League -- funds for the construction of a sophisticated shelter system enjoyed by the displacers of the original inhabitants of the land that was theirs for centuries prior to the advent of the Zionist uprooters of the indigenous Palestinians. Leave it to Fanny Price, country house conservative, to appreciate the Sotherton avenue that the peripatetic uprooter Henry Crawford wants to clear away and to value the now-neglected family chapel, where the absence of family prayers spurs Mary Crawford, "who had seen scores of great houses, and cared for none of them," to quip "'Every generation has its improvements'" (85-6). MR SHIRAZ + Pinpim + Pretty Machine + Uprooters + The Skunx + Chindits + Evil Eye q Batley, Frontier THE UPPATONES q Brighouse, Barge BACCHANALIANS q Brighouse, George GRUMPY OLD MEN q Brighouse, Ritz Ballroom PENTAGON q Lindley, Bay Horse FRIENDS OF DAVE q Marsden, New Inn MURDOCH q Halifax, The Shay TRUE BRIT q Sowerby Bridge, Puzzle Hall Inn (from 4pm) "The Annual Puzzle Peoples Music Festival" feat. |
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