dig a well
Frequency: 7.815.2 per million words
To create a well for water by excavating.
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- They had to dig a well to get fresh water.
- The villagers decided to dig a new well for the community.
- It took weeks to dig a well deep enough to reach the aquifer.
- Historically, people would dig wells by hand.
- We might need to dig a well if the municipal water supply fails.
- Before settling, the pioneers had to dig a well.
- The engineer estimated it would cost a lot to dig a well in this rocky terrain.
- Have you ever seen someone digging a well?
- To survive in the desert, they learned how to dig a well.
- The plan is to dig a well near the farmhouse next spring.