mud out

verb — 2 senses

mud out

verb
1

To remove dirt or mud from an area.

  • Before we start renovating, we'll need to mud out the whole building.
  • Q. First drilling and then you mudded out and drilled again? Yes, sir.1908, Records and Briefs in Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of Minnesota:
2 more examples
  • I worked beside those young people and mudded out a small African-American church and helped to replace dry wall.1999, Esther Burroughs, Splash the Living Water, →ISBN:
  • Thus far, they have mudded out 42 homes and continue their work.2009, Heralding Unheard Voices:
2

To become unusable or unreachable due to mud.

  • What with the floodin' an' road mudded out an' snow too wet to three-wheelie — why, it's a mess.1991, Michael Tobias, Sally Peters, Fatal Exposure, →ISBN, page 100:
  • In that evaluation if there was a rain day where they were mudded out or if on the case of the erection crew, where there was a day that they were blown out because of strong winds and couldn't erect, I did not use those days.1998, Government Contracts Reporter:
1 more example
  • We are waiting once more for logs. They say they're mudded out.2004, Pennie Wise, Big Skies & Cowpies: Building A Home And Family In Montana, →ISBN:

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