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

Candidates launched attack ads, mailers and websites at each other, digging up as much dirt as possible. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

The animated family adventure should dig up about $20 million for Paramount through the weekend. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026

They were not fished out of a sewage outflow or dug up from a soil sample, which is where such things normally come from. — Elie Dolgin, IEEE Spectrum, 13 Aug. 2026

Her team has dug up living anthrax samples that may have been dormant for 80 years in previous research. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 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