if soldiers dig in or dig themselves in, they dig trenches where they can wait for an attack
if something digs in, it presses hard into something else
to mix something into the ground by digging
to prepare yourself for a difficult situation
to start eating food with a lot of enthusiasm
Both sides are digging in for a long and bitter dispute.
Come on, everybody – dig in!
Idle chat is doubtless infra dig in First Class, particularly idle chat about French waitresses.
Kate came between us, and, biting her bottom lip with her front teeth, floored Kershaw with a swift dig in the solar plexus.
She gripped his arm so hard that her nails dug in.
You need to dig the compost in.
`But," Pete wondered, `how do you dig in a stone tower or a boathouse?
`They dig in near tree roots, where you can't get a good sonar map.
digs in
digging in
dug in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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