dig out

verb

dug out; digging out; digs out

transitive verb

1
2
: to make hollow by digging

Examples of dig out in a Sentence

she dug her old art supplies out of the basement without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning
Recent Examples on the Web During the challenge, the players had to assemble a cart, dig out a chest, move the cart through an obstacle course and eventually solve a puzzle. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2024 But despite being on pace to do what the SDSU women did last week at UNLV — losing, gulp, 100-41 — the men grabbed shovels and started digging out from a 27-10 hole. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024 And if the snow is deep enough, it must be dug out by crews with shovels to allow people to access the chairs at the lift stations. Jane Tyska, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024 The team relied on shovelers to help dig out snow before Monday’s playoff victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ali Gostanian, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2024 California’s Sierra Nevada began digging out from a monster blizzard on Monday, with one key road to Mammoth Mountain reopening while another to the Lake Tahoe area remained closed. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024 Watson tore apart his house, digging out every flash drive. Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024 Folks digging out from feet of snow in the West this weekend may not believe it, but Thursday was the last day of winter, at least according to meteorologists' record books. Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2024 The city hosted a public meeting Thursday to discuss the plan, in which questions were raised about digging out the soil instead. Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of dig out was in the 14th century

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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20out. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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