DUG UP Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

dug up

verb

Definition of dug up next

past tense of dig up

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks

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Recent Examples of dug up Those sites were later eliminated as the cause, but DRMS dug up the burning remains of those coal mines, treated them, and reburied them. —

Logan Smith, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026 Mowing over the seedlings of invasive trees will encourage growth; they must be pulled or dug up by the roots. —

Peg Aloi, The Spruce, 5 Apr. 2026 Also, last summer, archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia, dug up artifacts from the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children. —

Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026 Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the stone piece was believed to be some kind of board game – but obviously no rulebook was dug up to confirm this. —

New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2026 Many remains never were found, and a couple of years ago, workers in the adjacent Denver Botanical Gardens dug up an arm bone. —

Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026 The road was dug up as part of pre-monsoon preparations undertaken by the city’s municipal authorities. —

Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026 The remains being reburied were dug up between 1868 and 1924 and donated to the Hunterian museum at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. —

Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026 Rhizomes promote its spread in the garden, but they are easily dug up where Canyon Prince has expanded beyond the space allotted to it. —

Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Mar. 2026

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The eponymous public relations firm his father founded in 1952 has ridden — and shaped — the growth of its industry to become the world’s largest communications group, with annual revenues of almost $1 billion.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Bob Baker, founded in 1963 by its namesake puppeteer, now attracts more than 145,000 audience members per year, including about 20,000 students via school field trips.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026