Dig out

The archaeologist dug out a Saxon dagger.

Houdini not only got out of the ropes: he also dug himself out of the hole he had been buried in.

Midway between these stations a plough with two engines, which had been keeping the line open throughout the Sunday, became completely snowed up, and another engine sent from the Arrochar direction with men to assist in digging out the plough itself was caught in a drift south of Glen Douglas.

I shall try to dig out my old textbooks.

But Ireland dug out a gutsy response and applied pressure which resulted in number eight Heaslip diving over in the corner to revive home hopes.

While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.

We had to dig out our foxhole while under fire.

I'd like to dig her out.