burrow under
Frequency: 7.815.2 per million words
To dig a tunnel or hole under the surface of something.
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- Rabbits had burrowed under the fence.
- Moles are known to burrow under people's gardens, causing damage to lawns.
- The child, scared of the thunderstorm, burrowed under the covers.
- A tiny crab was burrowing under the wet sand to hide.
- The engineers had to check if anything had burrowed under the foundation of the old building.
- Feeling cold, she burrowed her feet under the warm dog sleeping on the bed.
- Certain larvae will burrow under the skin, causing a severe rash.
- The escaped hamster was eventually found after it burrowed under the floorboards.
- We watched the prairie dogs burrow under the dry earth to expand their colony.
- To escape the predator, the lizard quickly burrowed under a large rock.