dig out

verb

dug out; digging out; digs out

transitive verb

1

: find, unearth

2

: to make hollow by digging

intransitive verb

: take off sense 1a

Synonyms

• ascertain
• descry
• detect
• determine
• dig up
• discover
• dredge (up)
• ferret (out)
• find
• find out
• get
• hit (on or upon)
• hunt (down or up)
• learn
• locate
• nose out
• root (out)
• rout (out)
• rummage
• run down
• scare up
• scout (up)
• track (down)
• turn up

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

This all comes as the tourism industry continues to dig out of the hole left by the COVID-19 pandemic, which clobbered the hospitality sector. —Joe Hernandez, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025

Related Articles On electric road trip, Steph Curry showed what the Face of the NBA looks like Warriors dig out of early hole to beat Nets, cap 4-1 trip When will Jonathan Kuminga return? —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025

Beating Manchester City, drawing with Liverpool, getting past Arsenal on penalties in the FA Cup, digging out a fairly ugly 1-0 win at Fulham: all of these should be signs of encouragement, indications that things are heading in the right direction. —Nick Miller, The Athletic, 3 Feb. 2025

Minnesota was able to dig out of a 3-1 hole though, scoring the final five goals of the match. —Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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

Rhymes for dig out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout