dig up

VERB
  1. remove, harvest, or recover by digging
    dig salt
    dig coal
  2. find by digging in the ground
    I dug up an old box in the garden
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How To Use dig up In A Sentence

  • With large clumps dig up the entire plant and split using back-to-back garden forks pushed together. Times, Sunday Times
  • So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. The Haters of Roissy 3 : Bad Obsession
  • So what better way of proving her wrong than sticking her personal Myspace pics all over his site, libellously accusing her of being a porn star, and calling her an ugly old slack-fannied man in drag although, even in the worst pics he could dig up, I'm quite sure she's a damn sight foxier than he ever will be. Archive 2009-08-01
  • They collect seeds and wild berries, and dig up secret hoards of grain.
  • A band of workmen stayed behind to untile the roof, and to dig up the floor, to do the usual lime-washing and sulphur-burning, and the party proceeded to the next door. Love and Life Behind the Purdah
  • But they do like to dig up the garden, and are renowned as crafty escape artists.
  • He fits the saying, “Like the naughty she-goat who used her hoof to dig up a knife from under the earth” The Volokh Conspiracy » Al Jezeera releases a full transcript of the Bin Laden tape.–
  • He supervises the kids as they dig up and dismantle these mines in order to sell them on the underground arms market for food and other necessaries.
  • Dig up and store tender bulbs from your summer garden, and cut back the worn-out perennials and biennials.
  • It's not in many people's self-interest, at least those that count, to dig up the truth.
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