dig up

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English - English
to excavate something
to discover something by digging; to unearth
If you dig up information or facts, you discover something that has not previously been widely known. Managers are too expensive and important to spend time digging up market information His description fits perfectly the evidence dug up by Clyde. = unearth
If you dig up something, you remove it from the ground where it has been buried or planted. You would have to dig up the plant yourself Dig it up once the foliage has died down
find by digging in the ground; "I dug up an old box in the garden"
discover, reveal, disclose
If you dig up an area of land, you dig holes in it. Yesterday they continued the search, digging up the back yard of a police station
unearth
dig up
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