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  • 51dig yourself into a hole — dig yourself into a ˈhole idiom to get yourself into a bad situation that will be very difficult to get out of Main entry: ↑digidiom …

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  • 52dig — dig1 S3 [dıg] v past tense and past participle dug [dʌg] present participle digging [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Old English dic ditch ] 1.) [I and T] to move earth, snow etc, or to make a hole in the ground, using a ↑spade or your… …

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  • 53dig — dig1 [ dıg ] (past tense and past participle dug [ dʌg ] ; present participle dig|ging) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to make a hole in earth or sand using your hands, a machine, or a tool, especially a shovel: The children like to dig… …

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  • 54dig out — verb 1. create by digging dig a hole dig out a channel • Syn: ↑dig • Derivationally related forms: ↑dig (for: ↑dig), ↑digger …

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  • 55dig — [[t]dɪ̱g[/t]] ♦♦♦ digs, digging, dug 1) VERB If people or animals dig, they make a hole in the ground or in a pile of earth, stones, or rubbish. They tried digging in a patch just below the cave... [V n] Dig a largish hole and bang the stake in… …

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  • 56dig — 1 verb past tense and past participle dug, present participle digging 1 (I, T) to move earth or make a hole in it using a spade or your hands: They escaped by digging an underground tunnel. | dig for sth (=dig in order to find something): They re …

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  • 57dig — dig1 /dig/, v., dug or (Archaic) digged, digging, n. v.i. 1. to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation. 2. to make one s way or work by or as by removing or turning over… …

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  • 58dig out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you dig someone or something out of a place, you get them out by digging or by forcing them from the things surrounding them. [V n P of n] ...digging minerals out of the Earth... [V n P of n] Rescue crews have been digging… …

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  • 59dig — 1. verb 1) she began to dig the heavy clay soil Syn: turn over, work, break up; till, harrow, plow, shovel 2) he took a spade and dug a hole Syn: excavate, dig out, quarry, hollow out …

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  • 60dig — I UK [dɪɡ] / US verb Word forms dig : present tense I/you/we/they dig he/she/it digs present participle digging past tense dug UK [dʌɡ] / US past participle dug ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to make a hole in earth or sand using your hands, a… …

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