dig out

1. (transitive)To remove something by digging.

   The archaeologist dug out a Saxon dagger.

   Houdini not only got out of the ropes: he also dug himself out of the hole he had been buried in.

   remove, harvest, or recover by digging

2. (figuratively, sometimes, transitive)To find or retrieve something buried.

   I shall try to dig out my old textbooks.

   ausgraben

   откапыватьotkapyvatʹ, находи́тьnaxodítʹ, изыскиватьizyskivatʹ

   відко́пуватиvidkópuvaty, відкопа́тиvidkopáty, відрива́тиvidryváty

3. (transitive)To make something by digging.

   We had to dig out our foxhole while under fire.

   create by digging

4. (US, intransitive, slang)To decamp; to leave a place hastily.

5. (slang, transitive)To have penetrative sexual intercourse with someone.

   I'd like to dig her out.

6. (transitive)To block a yorker with the bottom of the bat, at the last second.

1. Tom had to dig his car out of the snow.

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2. Some people tried to dig the treasure out, but they couldn't.

   ruНекоторые люди пытались выкопать сокровище, но не смогли. — Selena777

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3. Mary dug her phone out of her purse.

   deMaria kramte ihr Telefon aus ihrer Handtasche. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. Don't make me dig the truth out of you.

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5. When you find yourself in a hole, you just have to dig yourself out.

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irregular · Lesson

• dig upкопати, ритиTo excavate something.
• dig outвідривати, відкопатиTo remove something by digging.
• dig onTo be attracted to (someone).
• dig inTo begin eating.
• dig downTo scrounge for money, especially large amounts of it.
• dig overTo dig thoroughly through an area so as to loosen the soil and make it suitable for planting.
• dig intoTo research a particular subject.
• dig aroundTo thoroughly search every part of an area or a container in hopes of finding something.