dig up

To remove something from the ground by moving the earth around it.

• We dug up the potatoes.
• The dog has dug up my flowers.
• Workers dug up an old pipe beneath the garden.

How to use it: dig something up (We dug the old tree roots up.)

Similar words: unearth, excavate

Opposites: bury

Common phrases: dig up potatoes, dig something up, dig up roots

To discover something hidden by digging or searching carefully.

• I dug up some useful information.
• Researchers dug up evidence of an earlier village.
• What have you dug up about her family history?

How to use it: dig up something about someone/something (The reporter dug up information about the company's owner.)

Similar words: discover, uncover, unearth, find out

Common phrases: dig up information, dig up evidence, dig something up

To find or get money or something else that is needed but difficult to obtain.

• Can you dig up some cash?
• I dug up enough money to pay the bill.
• We'll have to dig up a spare cable before the show.

How to use it: dig up something for something (We need to dig up some money for the deposit.)

Similar words: find, come up with, scrape together

Common phrases: dig up money, dig up cash, dig something up