What does dig in mean?

dig in means "occupy a trench or secured area". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for dig in?

Close synonyms include entrench, pitch in. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dig in a common word?

dig in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Dig in — meaning, 2 senses and 2 synonyms

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
occupy a trench or secured area
“The troops dug in for the night”
Synonymsentrench
2.
eat heartily
“The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in”
Synonymspitch in
Broadereat

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What does dig in mean?: dig in means "occupy a trench or secured area". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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