dig out
Example Sentences
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I dig out my pen and sketchbook from my backpack.
From Literature
The plan behind the $2.7 billion merger was to create a luxury juggernaut, while cost savings from the deal were expected to help Saks dig out of a deepening hole of delayed payments to suppliers.
He’d gotten as far as digging out an extra Shabbat candle and lighting it, but at the last minute lost his nerve.
From Literature
I drag my body around, paws screaming, then dig out some dirt, making a hole big enough for me to slip into.
From Literature
No one was immune to the ongoing effects of the ICE raids, the Palisades and Altadena fires, and the struggle to dig out from the hole left by the pandemic and the Hollywood strikes.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
