dig out

verb

dug out; digging out; digs out

transitive verb

1
2
: to make hollow by digging

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
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Dolton must dig out from Henyard’s disastrous tenure, and April 1 marks the beginning of that journey. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025 Sometimes the borers can also be dug out to start saving the tree. Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2025 Before the trucks could tear up the original grass, every sprinkler head had to be dug out of the ground — and there are 3,000 of them. Tod Leonard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025 One large circular oven was dug out as a silo, and researchers found a thick floor, which suggests particularly intense fires raged in the oven, possibly used for cooking or ceramics, researchers said. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dig out

Word History

First Known Use

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of dig out was in the 14th century

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“Dig out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dig%20out. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.

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