dig for

Frequency: 8.216.5 per million words

To excavate in an attempt to find something.

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Examples (10)

  • They were digging for buried treasure.
  • Archaeologists are digging for ancient Roman artifacts near the old city.
  • I spent the afternoon digging for potatoes in my vegetable garden.
  • Miners risk their lives every day as they dig for coal.
  • The reporter had to dig for weeks to find the truth about the corruption.
  • She had to dig for her car keys at the bottom of her cluttered purse.
  • Tomorrow, we will dig for clams on the beach during low tide.
  • The construction crew will dig for the new building's foundation next week.
  • Prospectors used to dig for gold in these very hills.
  • You'll have to dig for that document in the old filing cabinets.