dig up

verb

dug up; digging up; digs up

transitive verb

: find, unearth

Synonyms

• ascertain
• descry
• detect
• determine
• dig out
• 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 up in a Sentence

she tried to dig up any information she could for the report on sharks

Recent Examples on the Web

Each evening, the crystal-clear water erupted in a kaleidoscope of bioluminescence, while Reiki students could dig up amethyst and tourmaline from crystal seams that crisscrossed the island. —Charlie Campbell, TIME, 17 Mar. 2025

Protesters dug up greens and planted Palestinian flags in the lawn of his Trump International Golf Links & Hotel in Doonbeg, Ireland last week. —Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2025

Historians believe that if the church really had access to Patrick’s remains there likely would have been a ceremony, where the bones might have been dug up from a humble grave and then placed into a fancy tomb or inside the church. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2025

This is your cue to dig up your bandana (or bandanas!) and emulate some of the outfits ahead. —Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 13 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dig up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup