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Dig down phrasal verb
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Meaning: Spend your own money
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: We had to DIG DOWN when the funds ran out for the project.
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Meaning: Spend your own money
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Dig in phrasal verb
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Meaning: Start eating greedily
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» Example: We were starving so we really DUG IN when the food finally did arrive. -
Meaning: Excavate a protective shelter (military)
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: Anticipating an artillery barrage, we quickly DUG IN.
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Meaning: Start eating greedily
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Dig into phrasal verb
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Meaning: Reach inside to get something
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: She DUG INTO her handbag and pulled out a bunch of keys.
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Meaning: Reach inside to get something
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Dig out phrasal verb
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Meaning: Find something you haven't used, seen, etc, for a long time
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Meaning: Dig to remove something or someone
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: They had to DIG the survivors of the earthquake OUT from the ruins.
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Meaning: Find something you haven't used, seen, etc, for a long time
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Dig up phrasal verb
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Meaning: Find something that is supposed to be secret
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» Example: The reporters eventually DUG UP the truth about the affair. -
Meaning: Remove something from the ground
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» Example: The police DUG UP a body. -
Meaning: Make a hole in a road, the ground, etc
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The council have DUG the road UP.
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Meaning: Find something that is supposed to be secret