DIG OUT Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

dig out

verb

Definition of dig out

as in to find

to come upon after searching, study, or effort she dug her old art supplies out of the basement

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Relevance

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as in to move

to leave a place often for another without saying where she was going, the young woman dug out early the next morning

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Recent Examples of dig out Those two freed a third person, who was only partially buried, and those three were able to dig out three other surviving skiers. — Tribune News Service, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 The Town of Munster has enlisted help in getting residents dug out of the seemingly endless piles of debris from the August 11 derecho. — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Had his hands ready, swiped his hands down, dug out, looked for the ball. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026 The King and other members of his group were able to reach safety and later returned with their guide and a Swiss police officer to dig out the victims from the snow, according to the BBC. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dig out

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Yet the clubs from small markets with relatively low payrolls found ways to play the best baseball in each of their respective leagues this season en route to the World Series.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Other organizations linked to Page, including Flu Lab LLC, One Aero, and Oceankind, were also incorporated in Delaware that month, after previously being in California, Rogelberg’s analysis of state filings found.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of find

Verb

Components can move from machining to assembly on the same day or the following day, enabling teams to test design changes on physical hardware sooner.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
However, the higher PPI is pointing to an economy that is gradually moving away from deflationary pressures even if the recovery remains uneven, said Hao Zhou, chief economist at Guotai Junan International Holdings.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

Alme will still likely win based on the latest polling, but the margin could have been closer if Bankhead exited the race.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Yamamoto exited after giving up three runs and four hits in the shortest start of his career.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of exit

Verb

They are discovered well beyond the bounds of the strategic map, where the winds shift, the old answers sink, and the pilot must find the way by dead reckoning.

— Jeff DeGraff, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
After a five-and-a-half-year absence, Tom Cotton has recently discovered a state called Arkansas.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of discover

Verb

Strategy briefly departed from that stance earlier this year, however, selling Bitcoin on four separate occasions during a bear market that pushed the cryptocurrency’s price as low as $58,000 in June.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Guest and Crystal both departed SNL after the conclusion of season 10.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of depart

Verb

Even its afterglow was so absurdly incandescent that JWST was able to locate the source supernova only several months later.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Last year, the counties that saw the highest acreage losses by far were San Joaquin — where Lodi is located — and Fresno.

— Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of locate

Verb

White said Salvation Brands is not to be confused with the big brand management firms such as Authentic Brands Group and WHP Global, which are getting all the attention these days.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Waddhwa moved to strike a film development deal around the incident after getting unsolicited inquiries from Indian media firms.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

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