DUG IN Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

dug in

verb

past tense of dig in

as in hung on

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as in chowed (down)

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as in curled up

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Verb

The good vibes carried on with the year’s most competitive bidding war, eventually won by A24.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
Twenty years after The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance have carried on with the album all the way to the top of the Billboard 200 chart.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of carried on

Verb

When the game was over, the Lakers had been feasted on by the Warriors, falling 112-95 game at Chase Center.

— Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
The severity of their exposure was corroborated by the short life of cats, who feasted on the factory’s omnipresent rodents.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of feasted

Verb

Christmastime means dropping temperatures, more time curled up on the couch, and a general desire to chillax.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 2 Nov. 2026
The senior dog was found curled up in Osbornedale State Park by a woman who was walking her own dog, according to Shelton Animal Control.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of curled up

Verb

The participants who kept up the three-times-a-week schedule.

— Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2026
Although hiring of permanent faculty — those with tenure or on tenure-track — has not kept up with enrollment, the university’s total faculty hiring has matched student growth nearly perfectly.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of kept up

Verb

By Wednesday evening, the intersection of the high rise was taped off and nearby streets were glutted with flashing police vehicles as officers with long rifles and dogs streamed into and out of the building.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026
The walls are glutted with oil portraits, and antiques sourced from l’Isle-sur-Sorgue are the real thing; staff are dressed in somewhat cumbersome costume (medieval-style bodices and straw boaters) but ever attentive.

— Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026

Definition of glutted

Verb

The team fed two independent infrared lasers into the chip, creating a partially coherent mixture.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
As researchers explained in a British Ornithologists’ Union blog post, the chicks had never flown farther than the entrances to their burrows, fed themselves or seen the open ocean before leaving the island.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026

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