dig into
phrasal verb
dug into; digging into; digs into
1
: to mix (something) into (soil) by digging
dig the compost into the soil
2
informal
: to begin eating (something)
The family was digging into a delicious meal.
They dug into their steaks.
3
somewhat informal
: to try to learn or uncover information by studying (something)
The detectives dug into his past and learned that he had once lived in another country.
4
: to push against (a body part) in a sharp and painful way
The bed's springs are digging into my back.
Her fingernails dug into my hand.
5
: to push (something) into (a body part) in a sharp and painful way
She dug her fingernails into my hand.
He dug his elbow into my ribs.
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At Four Twenty Five, chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s midtown palace of fine dining, dig into a lunch of butternut squash soup with kohlrabi sauerkraut and pumpkin seed tapenade and pan-roasted hake served with a hakurei turnip–jalapeno emulsion.
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Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025
To build all this, a huge tunnel first had to be dug into the mountain and then the dwellings themselves were carved out over a period of roughly seven years.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2025
Since digging into the flat-Earth world, Duffy has learned how passionate — and sometimes aggressive — its believers can be.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
Our investigation digs into how one provision of North Carolina law threatens to keep him in purgatory forever.
—Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ellen Carpenter, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025
To build all this, a huge tunnel first had to be dug into the mountain and then the dwellings themselves were carved out over a period of roughly seven years.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2025
Since digging into the flat-Earth world, Duffy has learned how passionate — and sometimes aggressive — its believers can be.
—Noelle Phillips, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
Our investigation digs into how one provision of North Carolina law threatens to keep him in purgatory forever.
—Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Dig into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20into. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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