dig in

1. 1.

   occupy a trench or secured area

   “The troops dug in for the night”

   Synonymsentrench
2. 2.

   eat heartily

   “The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in”

   Synonymspitch in

   Broadereat

Questions about dig in

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.