dig up

Meaning

1. 1

   dig sth up

   to break the ground into small pieces before planting seeds, building sth, etc.

   They are digging up the football field to lay a new surface.

2. 2

   dig sth up

   to remove sth from the ground by digging

   An old Roman vase was dug up here last month.

3. 3

   dig sth up

   to discover information about sb / sth

   Tabloid newspapers love to dig up scandal.

In the movies · 37

• What loser did you dig up...The Wild Robot2024
• I'm just gonna go dig up some katniss.The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes2023
• I'll dig up every safe house he's ever stayed in.The Gray Man2022
• You can't dig up an entire island.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo2011
• Dig up what you can on Agent Reed.Scream VI2023
• Yes, ma'am, just trying to dig up evidence.Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island1998
• I'm gonna go try to dig up another interpreter.Saving Private Ryan1998
• -You've come to dig up the mounds? - Well…The Dig2021

Learn it in full scenes

• The Wild Robot2024
  • Roz Boots Up on the Island
  • Roz Becomes an Accidental Mother
  • Fink Teaches the Gosling

From the same entry

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• dig in your pocket , savings
• dig in the ribs
• dig yourself into a hole
• dig your own grave
• dig in
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• dig yourself in
• dig into
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• dig out