dig out

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dig something out

Fig. to work hard to locate something and bring it forth. They dug the contract out of the file cabinet. I dug out an old dress and wore it to the Fifties party.

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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			differ about differ from differ in difference difference of opinion different different as night and day different strokes Different strokes for different folks differentiate differentiate between differentiate from difficult difficult is done at once; the impossible takes a little longer diffuse through dig dig at dig deep dig down dig for dig heels in dig in dig in heels dig into dig into pocket dig out dig out of dig own grave dig some dirt up dig the dirt dig up dig up dirt dig up tomahawk Dig up! dignity digress from dilate on dilemma Diligence is the mother of good luck dilly-dally with dim dim down dim out dim up dime dime a dozen din into dine dine at dine in dine off			Dig a Pony dig around dig at dig deep dig down dig down into Dig Dug dig for dig heels in dig in dig in dig in dig in (one's) heels dig in (one's) heels dig in feet dig in feet dig in heels dig in heels dig in heels dig in toes dig in toes dig into dig into dig into dig into a hole dig into a hole dig into pocket Dig It dig it out dig it out dig out dig out of Dig Out Your Soul dig over dig own grave dig own grave dig own grave dig own grave dig own grave DIG R-O dig some dirt up dig the dirt dig the dirt dig the dirt dig up dig up dig up dig up dig up dirt dig up dirt dig up dirt dig up out of the earth dig up tomahawk Dig up! Dig Your Roots dig-down pit DIG-IT DIGA DIGACC DIGAJ digallic acid

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