dig out

dig out idiom
  1. Extract, remove, as in He was determined to dig out every bit of metal he could find. [Late 1300s]
  2. Find by searching for, as in He dug out his first contract from the file. [Mid-1800s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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