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Dig up (idiom) - to find something buried or hidden (in the ground) Pigs dig up acorns and truffles. The private investigator dug up some dirt on the officer's ex-wife. Dig into - to start a serious investigation when you have a large amount of raw information at hand.
- Dig up (idiom) - to find something buried or hidden (in the ground) Pigs dig up acorns and truffles.
- The private investigator dug up some dirt on the officer's ex-wife.
- Dig into - to start a serious investigation when you have a large amount of raw information at hand.
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Dig up (idiom) - to find something buried or hidden (in the ground) Pigs dig up acorns and truffles. The private investigator dug up some dirt on the officer's ex-wife.
Dig into - to start a serious investigation when you have a large amount of raw information at hand.
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0Also, "dig up" is used for digging in the (horizontal) ground. "Dig into" is used for digging in a mound, side of a cliff, etc. For example:
Start digging (in the ground) over there. No telling what you might find.
Dig into the side of the cliff over there. There might be fossils there.
These are also used in figurative expressions:
Dig up all th
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