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dig out something

to search for something. I dug out a faded picture of my parents playing on the old tennis court.

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The child had no playmates, so he did not know that boys often dig out the inside of a "pumpkin-jack," and in the space thus made put a lighted candle to render the face more startling; but he conceived an idea of his own that promised to be quite as effective. The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context Brace said he couldn't read it very good, but he could manage to dig out the meaning most of the time. Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context " Zeb called to them, "you must dig out and race until you reach those three trees you see over yonder. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context More results

References in classic literature

The child had no playmates, so he did not know that boys often dig out the inside of a "pumpkin-jack," and in the space thus made put a lighted candle to render the face more startling; but he conceived an idea of his own that promised to be quite as effective.

The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

Brace said he couldn't read it very good, but he could manage to dig out the meaning most of the time.

Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context

" Zeb called to them, "you must dig out and race until you reach those three trees you see over yonder.

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

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