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dig up

DEFINITIONS OF: dig up

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v find by digging in the ground

“I dug up an old box in the garden”
Synonyms:
excavate, turn up
locate, turn up
discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining
Types:
grub out, grub up
dig up
nuzzle
dig out with the snout
disinter, exhume
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation; of dead bodies
Type of:
obtain
come into possession of

v remove, harvest, or recover by digging

Synonyms:
dig, dig out
Type of:
excavate, unearth
recover through digging
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