Dig up and Figure out

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Dig up verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

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Figure out and dig up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Figure out" instead a verb "Dig up".

Figure out verb - To find an answer for through reasoning.

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Dig up and figure out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dig up" instead a verb "Figure out".

His lawyers dig up the security footage of Sara and hire lip-readers to figure out what she said. Oops.

Source: Chekhov's Gag
Or the producers of the show might bury a treasure somewhere, for the first smart and adventurous reader to figure out the cryptic directions within the story and physically travel to dig up his prize.

Source: Fictional Mystery, Real Prize

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