She dug out the roots of the tree.
•The dog dug itself out of the rubble of the fallen building.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
dig out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you dig someone or something out of a place, you get them out by digging or by forcing them from the things surrounding them. [V n P of n] ...digging minerals out of the Earth... [V n P of n] Rescue crews have been digging… … English dictionary
dig — dig1 [ dıg ] (past tense and past participle dug [ dʌg ] ; present participle dig|ging) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a hole in earth or sand using your hands, a machine, or a tool, especially a shovel: The children like to dig… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dig — dig1 S3 [dıg] v past tense and past participle dug [dʌg] present participle digging [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Old English dic ditch ] 1.) [I and T] to move earth, snow etc, or to make a hole in the ground, using a ↑spade or your… … Dictionary of contemporary English
dig — 1 verb past tense and past participle dug, present participle digging 1 (I, T) to move earth or make a hole in it using a spade or your hands: They escaped by digging an underground tunnel. | dig for sth (=dig in order to find something): They re … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
dig — I UK [dɪɡ] / US verb Word forms dig : present tense I/you/we/they dig he/she/it digs present participle digging past tense dug UK [dʌɡ] / US past participle dug ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to make a hole in earth or sand using your hands, a… … English dictionary
dig — verb (digs, digging; past and past participle dug) 1》 break up and move earth with a tool or with hands, paws, etc. ↘make (a hole) by digging. ↘extract from the ground by digging. ↘(dig in) (of a soldier) protect oneself by making a… … English new terms dictionary
dig out of a hole — verb To save someone or something from trouble … Wiktionary
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dig — [[t]dɪ̱g[/t]] ♦♦♦ digs, digging, dug 1) VERB If people or animals dig, they make a hole in the ground or in a pile of earth, stones, or rubbish. They tried digging in a patch just below the cave... [V n] Dig a largish hole and bang the stake in… … English dictionary
dig deep — 1) dig deep or dig into your pocket to manage to find a lot of money for something We are asking people to dig deep to help the victims of the war. 2) to try very hard to find out information about someone If I d dug deeper, I might have found… … English dictionary
dig*/*/ — [dɪg] (present participle digging; past tense and past participle dug [dʌg] ) verb [I/T] I to make a hole in earth using your hands, a machine, or a tool The children like to dig in the sand.[/ex] We dug a hole and planted the tree.[/ex] The boys … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
