digging deep
Investigating with persistence
Digging deep means reaching beyond surface effort or resources to find something more.
Athletes dig deep to summon reserves of strength or determination: She had to dig deep to finish the marathon.
The phrase also applies to thorough investigation—Reporters dug deep into his financial records—or to spending significant money: We'll have to dig deep to afford this renovation.
- excavatingRemoving soil to uncover
- burrowingDigging to create shelter
- going undergroundDescending beneath earth's surface
- unearthingDiscovering something hidden
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
mining · striking gold · tunneling · probing · delving · searching · investigation · uncovering · shovel · roots · soil · beneath · exploration · introspection · soul searching · research · analysis · thorough
digging deepskimming
Passing lightly over
glossing over · taking at face value · going through the motions · phoning it in · quick glance
digging deepphoning it in
Performing without genuine commitment
coasting · half-assing · going through the motions · minimal effort · cutting corners
digging deepdeflecting
Turning from original path
shutting down · repressing · compartmentalizing · small talk
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