dig up

verb

dug up; digging up; digs up

Synonyms of dig up next

transitive verb

: find, unearth

Examples of dig up in a Sentence

she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks

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These are questions that likely can’t be resolved easily, but that’s the nature of digging up ancient rage that was never properly dealt with to begin with. —

Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024 That they were never dug up by their owner suggests to historians that they may have been lost or abandoned because of the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest. —

Hannah Peart, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024 Kevin Yeung, the city’s culture and tourism minister, told local public broadcaster RTHK that works at the zoo required digging up the soil near where the monkeys lived. —

Reuters, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024 However, for spring/summer 2025, Mugler pulled off an equally fantastical moment— digging up archival beauty references to celebrate the house’s darkly dramatic 50th anniversary. —

India Espy-Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dig up