dug up
Retrieved from underground
Dug up is the past tense of dig up, meaning to unearth something by digging: They dug up an old coin in the garden.
Figuratively, it means to discover or find through effort, especially information that was hidden or forgotten: She dug up some interesting facts about her ancestors.
The reporter dug up evidence of corruption.
- exhumedRetrieved from burial
- unearthedRetrieved from the ground
- disinterredRemoved from burial
- excavatedDug up systematically
- burial siteInterment location
mined · uncovered · hidden treasure · fossil · digging around · revealed · secrets · family secrets · disclose · cold case · artifact · expose · shovel · tomb · ruins · found · relic · time capsule