dig out

verb

dug out; digging out; digs out

transitive verb

1
2
: to make hollow by digging

Examples of dig out in a Sentence

she dug her old art supplies out of the basement without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning
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In light of the soil testing, workers returned to those properties — in one case, as many as five times — to dig out more contaminated soil in an effort to meet California’s cleanup standards. Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025 As Valentine’s Day nears, Lisa Wright, manning the crafts table, watched as a passel of girls quickly and carefully worked to dig out the best colorful beads to crowd onto a plastic band, crafting small token reminders of the evening. Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025 The waves of weather come as much of the country is digging out from a big winter storm that swept through the Midwest and the Northeast over the weekend. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025 Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images More than 15 million people across a large portion of the nation were under winter storm alerts on Super Bowl Sunday morning, with many digging out from snow left by the first of three storms forecast to slam the U.S. through Thursday. Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dig out 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dig out was in the 14th century

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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20out. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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