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

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Loading your audio article Clear skies, cold temperatures and gusty winds will greet residents Wednesday throughout the Baltimore region as the area continues to dig out from heavy snows that fell earlier this week. —Todd Karpovich, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025

As the Mid-Atlantic digs out from a days-old snow storm, another weather front is forming that will blanket states with heavy snowfall from Texas to the East Coast this week. —Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025

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Word History

First Known Use

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