dig out

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• verb To find, or retrieve something by removing overlying material, or material that hides it
• verb intransitive Used other than as an idiom: see dig,‎ out.

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• verb dig out from underneath earth or snow
• verb create by digging
• verb remove, harvest, or recover by digging