dig into

phrasal verb

dug into; digging into; digs into

1

: to mix (something) into (soil) by digging

dig the compost into the soil

2

informal : to begin eating (something)

The family was digging into a delicious meal.

They dug into their steaks.

3

somewhat informal : to try to learn or uncover information by studying (something)

The detectives dug into his past and learned that he had once lived in another country.

4

: to push against (a body part) in a sharp and painful way

The bed's springs are digging into my back.

Her fingernails dug into my hand.

5

: to push (something) into (a body part) in a sharp and painful way

She dug her fingernails into my hand.

He dug his elbow into my ribs.

Examples of dig into in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Industry crew members continue to face a difficult job market in the wake of the 2023 writers’ and actors’ strikes, which had already forced many to dig into their savings as major productions shut down. —Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024

Zillow then partnered with BARK, the dog product company, which dug into its customer data from March 2023 through March 2024 and found the most popular dog names and breeds in each of those cities. —Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 9 May 2024

In the Spotlight is a Sacramento Bee series that digs into the high-profile local issues that readers care most about. —Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 9 May 2024

For those who want to grow plants but lack a yard or landscape to dig into, there are options. —Annisa Charles, Orange County Register, 8 May 2024

This program has a wide variety of resources for journalists and anyone else who wants to dig into school funding data, including information about pandemic relief dollars. —Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 7 May 2024

The year of the ‘mansion tax’: Hundreds of millions raised, but a chill to L.A.’s luxury market So Gordon dug into the Municipal Code and found a loophole. —Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024

The question of how animals manage to stay squeaky clean is something that researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology dug into in 2015 — and certainly, there are quite a few inventive evolutionary methods at hand. —Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 1 May 2024

Now host Brian Hiatt to dig into just how big of a risk her pop pivot had been. —Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024