digsomethingup
phrasal verbwithdigverbuk/dɪɡ/us/dɪɡ/present participledigging|past tense and past participledug
(MOVE SOIL)
to take something out of thegroundbydigging:
It'stimewedugup thosepotatoes.
tobreakthegroundor to make aholein it with atool,machine, etc.:
They'rediggingup theroadoutsidetofixafaultywatermain.
Digging
- borer
- break groundidiom
- burrow
- dig
- dig(yourself)in
- digsomeone/somethingout
- drill
- excavate
- excavator
- fork
- furrow
- grub
- plough
- ploughsomethingback/in
- prospect
- redrill
- rootsomethingout/up
- sink
- steam shovel
- tunnel
(INFORMATION)
todiscoversecretorforgottenfactsbysearchingverycarefully:
I've been doing someresearchonourfamilyhistoryand I'vedugup someinterestinginformation.
She's one of thosereporterswho's alwaystryingtodigupdirton(=unpleasantprivatedetailsabout)celebrities.
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- geocache
- pinpoint
- putsomeoneontosomething
- putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rumble
- sniff
- uncover