digsomeone/somethingout
phrasal verbwithdigverbuk/dɪɡ/us/dɪɡ/present participledigging|past tense and past participledug
to get someone or something out ofsomewherebydigging:
Firefightershelpedtodigout thepeopletrappedin thesnowdrift.
Thedoctorused asharpinstrumenttodigapieceofglassout of myfinger.
Digging
- borer
- break groundidiom
- burrow
- dig
- dig(yourself)in
- digsomethingup
- drill
- excavate
- excavator
- fork
- furrow
- grub
- plough
- ploughsomethingback/in
- prospect
- redrill
- rootsomethingout/up
- sink
- steam shovel
- tunnel