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

Across the Atlantic Ocean in Massachusetts, archaeologists dug up a set of much smaller projectiles: five musket balls fired during the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. —Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024

For example, squirrels will bury and dig up nuts in the lawn and mulched beds, while chipmunks tend to make holes near stumps, buildings and brush piles. —Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024

After all, a hoard of Roman coins was indeed dug up by an amateur metal detectorist, a Fabergé egg was discovered in a flea market, and a lost masterpiece was reclaimed from a charity store. —Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024

So much was dug up that the U.S. exported mercury for years. —Sallie Tisdale, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above