dig up

verb

dug up; digging up; digs up
Synonyms of dig upnext

transitive verb

: unearth
digging up potatoes
dug up some new information

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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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Authorities determined Pacheco was soliciting bribes and dug up $62,000 buried in his backyard in a search early in the case, marking the beginning of a sprawling corruption scandal that has spread through several communities. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 The dead from Srebrenica were bulldozed into mass graves over four days in July 1995, some of them dug up and relocated to remote mountains so as to hide evidence of the killings. — Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 Participants dug up the first pair of underpants and associated tea bags after 30 days and the second after 60 days, documenting the condition of the items and mailing all the materials to the scientists for analysis. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 Gently dig up the clump and divide the fleshy roots into segments. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dig up

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dig up was in 1611

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“Dig up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20up. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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