mud out

present singular third person muds out · participle present mudding out · participle past mudded out · past mudded out

1. To remove dirt or mud from an area.

   Before we start renovating, we'll need to mud out the whole building.

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   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

   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.

   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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   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