Dig up
Dig up verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.
Both terms in one sentence
- Nygma panics and goes to dig up and move the body, only for Gordon to follow and confront him; Nygma gloats about how he set up Gordon on top of his other crimes, at which point the other cops who came along reveal themselves and arrest him.
Source: Engineered Public Confession - This is the perfect time to dig up some old traditions and laws and push the guilt and responsibility on the shoulders of those who started it all, thus allowing the rest to move on towards the dream of a peaceful future.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Transformers Prime - If you comply, they may later come back and ask you to dig up and return the capsule to them... or they may move away from your town and leave the capsule behind, allowing you to claim the contents for yourself.
Source: Time Capsule
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Move and Dig up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dig_up/move
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Move or Dig up. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dig_up/move.
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