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What does dig out mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word dig out? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To remove something by digging.
  2. (transitive, sometimes figuratively) To find or retrieve something buried.
  3. (transitive) To make something by digging.
  4. (intransitive, US, slang) To decamp; to leave a place hastily.
  5. (transitive, cricket) To block a yorker with the bottom of the bat, at the last second.
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I enjoyed it so much that it inspired me to dig out my daybook from a seminar five years ago.
The girls on the next to the back pew would inevitably dig out some gum or candy and share with the guys on the back pew.
Journalists normally fret about negative campaigning and condemn attacks that dig out personal baggage in a candidate's background.
I'm sure I could even dig out a few gobbets of Scripture to support my pious stance.
When the forest floor is blanketed in snow, the birds use their powerful bills to dig out ant nests from tree trunks and tree bases.
You have the qualification to be a top investigator or researcher as you doggedly dig out the facts of whatever matter you are pursuing.

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