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

Kate Roberts secretly arranged to dig up dirt on her rival and Sheryl's old friend, Jordan Ridgeway. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 10 July 2026

The address was once a boarding house run by Dorothea Puente before Sacramento Police dug up bodies of several former tenants in 1988. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

Time to dig up those library cards and check out that dog-eared copy of the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis again. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

For second-year plants, cut back the stalk and then dig up the roots. — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 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