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digs up dirt

digs up dirt is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 digs up dirt

What is digs up dirt the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Digs up dirt is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dig up dirt.

Words near digs up dirt in the dictionary

  1. digs out
  2. digs out of a hole
  3. digs over
  4. digs round
  5. digs up
  6. digs up dirt
  7. Digswell
  8. Diguan
  9. diguanide
  10. diguanides
  11. diguanidinobutanase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: digs 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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