dig out
phrasal verbdig somebody/something out (of something)
- to remove somebody/something from somewhere by digging the ground around them or it
- More than a dozen people were dug out of the avalanche alive.
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- to find something that has been hidden or forgotten for a long time
- I went to the attic and dug out Grandad's medals.