Definition of dig up

dig up

verb

• to discover information through investigation.

  Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'dig':
colder than a well digger's *ss	Definitions include: extremely cold.
dig	Definitions include: to support an action.
dig a hole	Definitions include: to continue to make a situation go from bad to worse.
dig for worms	Definitions include: to perform varicose vein surgery.
dig in	Definitions include: to start consuming something, especially food.
dig it	Definitions include: To understand.
dig on	Definitions include: to enjoy.
dig (one's) chili	Definitions include: To be physically attracted to.
dig (one's) potatoes	Definitions include: to try to swoop on somebody's lover.
dig out	Definitions include: have sex with someone.
digs	Definitions include: clothing
gold digger	Definitions include: a woman who is dating a wealthy man only for his money.
hole digger	Definitions include: an idiot.
Keep digging, Watson.	Definitions include: sardonic retort to "No shit, Sherlock!"
ya dig?	Definitions include: do you understand.
Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
as f*cked up as a football bat	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
ate up with the dumb *ss	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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