dig out

Questions about dig out

What does dig out mean?

dig out means "remove, harvest, or recover by digging". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for dig out?

Close synonyms include dig, dig up, dig. 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 out a common word?

dig out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.