to try to find something inside a place or container by searching in every part of it
to try very hard to find out information about someone, especially when they do not want you to
It was the prospect of digging around in pockets for 5p coins that provoked irritation.
People remember the smell from when they were children, digging around looking for worms.
Plus she's been digging around in her attic and uncovered some rarer records that haven't been played for years.
She dug around in her handbag for a pen.
She was digging around in her purse for a brush when a knock at the door startled her.
You have to be careful of digging around for the gold nuggets but we've got a couple of nice horses for the Derby, so who knows?
digs around
digging around
dug around
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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