dig out

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по извлечению чего-либо из места путем копания или нахождения чего-то, что было спрятано или убрано на хранение.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of removing something from a place by digging, or finding something that was hidden or stored away.

uncountable · irregular verb · transitive · phrasal, separable

1. Remove by diggingformal

   To remove something from the ground or a surface by digging.

   Выкапывать

   • They dug out the old tree stump from the garden.
   • The archaeologists dug out ancient artifacts from the site.
   • He dug out a large rock from the soil.

   Synonymsdig updisinterexcavategouge outgrub outscoop outunearth

   Antonymsburycoverentombinter

2. informal

   To find or retrieve something that was stored, hidden, or forgotten.

   Отыскать

   • I dug out my old photo album from the attic.
   • She dug out the recipe from a dusty cookbook.
   • He dug out his winter coat from the back of the closet.

   Synonymsdredge upferret outfindlocateproduceretrieveroot outuncoverunearth

3. Uncover informationinformal

   To discover or reveal information, especially something hidden or secret.

   Раскопать

   • The journalist dug out the truth about the scandal.
   • They dug out evidence that proved his innocence.
   • She dug out some interesting facts from the archives.

   Synonymsdiscoverexposeextractferret outroot outuncoverunearth

   Antonymsburyconcealhidesuppress

Base verbdig