dig out
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To dig out is to extract something by digging or searching: We dug out the old photos from the attic.
It often implies effort or excavation—digging out a car buried in snow, digging out from under a pile of work.
The phrase can mean to uncover or retrieve something buried, hidden, or forgotten: Let me dig out that article I mentioned.
Locate through effort
- locateDiscover the position of
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
- huntPursuit of quarry
- rummageSearch unsystematically through clutter
search · sift · dust off · storage · attic · closet · archive · basement
Tool for moving earth
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- pickaxePointed digging implement
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
bulldozer · earthmover · excavator · trench · pit · burrow · tunnel · dredge
Free from entanglement
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- unburyExtract from beneath soil
- recoverRegain health or possession
save · salvage · liberate · survivor · trapped · avalanche · rubble · collapse
Remove earth systematically
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- potsherdFragment of earthenware
ceramics · fossil · prehistoric · neolithic · mummy · sarcophagus · cuneiform · anthropology
find
Locate through effort
rummage · search · sift · dust off · storage · attic · closet · archive · basement · drawer
shovel
Tool for moving earth
backhoe · bulldozer · earthmover · excavator · trench · pit · burrow · tunnel · dredge · scoop
extricate
Free from entanglement
- freeWithout payment or restriction
- extractConcentrated derived substance
- unburyExtract from beneath soil
recover · save · salvage · liberate · survivor · trapped · avalanche · rubble · collapse · snowdrift
excavate
Remove earth systematically
- artifactHuman-made historical object
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
potsherd · ceramics · fossil · prehistoric · neolithic · mummy · sarcophagus · cuneiform · anthropology · paleontology