uproot
verb (used with object)
to pull out by or as if by the roots.
am uprooting
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present progressiveof uproot (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am uprooting my household and leaving all my friends; and I am doing it, Mr. Armstrong, for a man of whom I know next to nothing.
From Despair's Last Journey by David Christie Murray
