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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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 Airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out from the backlog triggered by technical problems experienced by the United Kingdom's air traffic control system that has forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for dig out

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Verb

Neither team could find a flow from three-point range in the first half as the teams combined to shoot five for 29 from deep — three of 16 by Golden State and two for 13 by Atlanta.

— Janie McCauley, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Of the first 15 plays for the Dallas offense, 10 were on the ground, and the Cowboys found success.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of find

Verb

The next president may well also have more power to purchase equity stakes; legislation moving through the Senate would give the Pentagon explicit legal authority to do so.

— Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is moving forward with a $4 million investment to run an ad featuring Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother after the video received fierce backlash.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of move

Verb

The Sun enters your 3rd House, beginning a month that favors learning, writing, conversations, local activity, and following questions farther than usual.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
The foundation cites decades of research and learning showing that grantees with flexible, long-term funding were better prepared for the unexpected.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of learn

Verb

Understanding the financial consequences to both the business and the other marital assets—such as exiting a legal agreement or selling property—is time well spent before the terms of a divorce are accepted.

— Catherine Shanahan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
After the couple exited the hotel and were detained, officers executed a search warrant on their hotel room, recovering a firearm and supporting evidence consistent with the crime scene, police said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of exit

Verb

Some of the movie’s most memorable moments have barely anything to do with the plot, like when Matt discovers his eyelids fusing together and attempts to separate them with nail scissors in the bathroom of a bumpy plane.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Some way off Moss discovers a bag with $2 million in cash and takes it.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of discover

Verb

The National Gallery Singapore’s chief curator Patrick Flores and assistant chief executiveChris Lee, are the latest to depart the institution in December amid a staff shake-up.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
And, yes, this rendition represented a lyrical alteration by the Tonji that departed from the traditional wording of the French national anthem.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of depart

Verb

According to local lore, however, Ware’s headless body is not in that grave but instead in her original grave, now located at the bottom of Silver Lake.

— Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Named Gerrothorax maritimus, the salamander-sized ocean creature’s skeletons were discovered in China’s Guizhou Province in an area that was once covered by ocean and located hundreds of miles away from large land masses.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of locate

Verb

Ironically, these uninsured Americans may be helping drive the cost of health care even higher, fueling a cycle in which health insurance gets more expensive, forcing more people to drop coverage.

— Alana Semuels, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Why concert tickets keep getting more expensive Artists, promoters, venues, and ticketing platforms all take a cut of each ticket.

— James LaForge, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

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