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digging up dirt

digging up dirt is the present participle and gerund of dig up dirt.

Meaning of dig up dirt

Verb

dig up dirt (third-person singular simple present digs up dirt, present participle digging up dirt, simple past and past participle dug up dirt)

  1. (idiomatic, usually, with-on) To examine in order to find negative information for public opinion, usually with the purpose of embarrassing or discrediting a person.
    • The freelance investigative reporter made a career of digging up dirt on celebrities for tabloids.

Questions about digging up dirt

What is digging up dirt the present participle and gerund of?
Digging up dirt is the present participle and gerund of dig up dirt.

Words near digging up dirt in the dictionary

  1. digging over
  2. digging round
  3. digging stick
  4. digging sticks
  5. digging up
  6. digging up dirt
  7. diggings
  8. Diggins
  9. diggity
  10. diggity boo
  11. Diggle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: digging up dirt (page history and authors); dig up dirt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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