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Jenne Phuong
2021-06-24 06:06
Dig out phrasal verb informal
A noun or pronoun can be used between "dig" and "out."
If a person "digs someone/something out of a place", he/she helps someone/something get out of a place by digging
Those guys were so brave that they dug people out of the collapsed house without hesitation.
If a person "digs something out", he/she tries to search for something that has been stored, hidden, or forgotten for a long time.
In some phases of life, people try to dig out their precious memories by skimming through the albums.
The verb "dig" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The literal meaning of "dig out" originated from the late 1300s. The figurative meaning of it dates from the mid-1800s.
Do you see anything wrong?
To tell someone the truth about something that they had not understood or received false information
I have to set my wife straight about what happened yesterday.
