From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdig something ↔ out phrasal verb1 DIGto get something out of earth, snow etc using a spade or your hands of We had to dig the car out of a snow drift.2 FINDto find something you have not seen for a long time, or that is not easy to find I must remember to dig out that book for you. → dig→ See Verb table
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dig out• Eventually the driver and two older children dug their way out.• It took two hours to dig him out.• We've got to dig it out.• They just dug it out from somewhere.• If so, dig them out now because they could help you get a bigger mortgage.• I dug the calves out of the deep snow so the ravens could feed. 