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dug up

dug up is the simple past and past participle of dig up.

Meaning of dig up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To excavate something.
    • The work involved a complete rewiring of the system, while the addition of four higher-capacity Mechan jacks and the increased length of the new train meant the entire floor (the length of four train carriages) had to be dug up, levelled and strengthened to meet tolerance requirements.2020 August 12, “Network News: Four new jacks at Clacton depot”, in Rail, page 18
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To discover something by digging; to unearth.
    • dig up information
  3. (transitive) To find a supply of (something); to pay up.
    • You'll have to dig up eight grand to pay for this.

Questions about dug up

What is dug up the simple past and past participle of?
Dug up is the simple past and past participle of dig up.

Words near dug up in the dictionary

  1. dug oneself into a hole
  2. dug out
  3. dug out of a hole
  4. dug over
  5. dug round
  6. dug up
  7. dug up dirt
  8. dug-out
  9. dug-outs
  10. Duga Resa
  11. Dugal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dug up (page history and authors); dig up (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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