dig up

verb

dug up; digging up; digs up

transitive verb

: unearth

digging up potatoes

dug up some new information

Synonyms of dig up

• find
• learn
• discover
• locate
• dig out
• get

Examples of dig up in a Sentence

she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks

Recent Examples on the Web

The deadline is coming up Monday evening to vote for a name for a giant rock that was dug up at O'Hare International Airport recently. — Natalie McMillan, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Galland embellished his ghouls with new characteristics not found in the original Arabic, chiefly the macabre practice of digging up graves to feast on human flesh. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

Carefully dig up the mother plant or remove it from the container, brushing soil from clumps of roots or rhizomes. — Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2026

How the storm drain will be repaired Rather than digging up the entire pipe and disturbing residents’ yards, crews plan to install a new lining inside the existing pipe. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dig up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup