dig out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Midway between these stations a plough with two engines, which had been keeping the line open throughout the Sunday, became completely snowed up, and another engine sent from the Arrochar direction with men to assist in digging out the plough itself was caught in a drift south of Glen Douglas."
- "I shall try to dig out my old textbooks."
- "'I thought it better to bring her down by car, sir,' explained Annesley in an aside of moody resignation. 'I only dug her out at something past eleven last night, and all the trains are at sixes and sevens just now.'"
- "But Ireland dug out a gutsy response and applied pressure which resulted in number eight Heaslip diving over in the corner to revive home hopes."
Usage
- Transitive verb
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
- Slang