Translations for „dig up“ in the English » German Dictionary

dig up VB trans

1. dig up (turn over):

to dig up ⇆ sth

etw umgraben

2. dig up (remove):

to dig up ⇆ sth

etw ausgraben

ARCHEOL to dig up ⇆ sth

etw frei legen

to dig up weeds

Unkraut jäten

3. dig up fig (find out):

to dig up ⇆ sth

etw herausfinden [o. ausgraben]

to dig up information on sb/sth

etwas über jdn/etw herausfinden

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to dig up weeds

Unkraut jäten

to dig up [or lift] potatoes

Kartoffeln ausgraben [o. ernten]

to dig up information on sb/sth

etwas über jdn/etw herausfinden

to dig [up] the dirt about [or on] sb

jdn durch den Schmutz ziehen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

I did nt want to dig up anybodys grave or anything.

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Further disturbance to wildlife occurs when tourist guides dig up turtle nests and chase swimming jaguars, tapirs, and otters to give clients better viewing opportunities.

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Upon reaching a sandpit with the cart, they then must dig up a set of planks to make a bridge.

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Once they do, they report the title to the gravediggers, who will dig up a coffin of the actor whose character died.

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With that evidence, she gathered members of her community to dig up and eradicate the plant from their settlement.

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Does it make sense that collecting every taxpayers' money is to dig up the bottom of rivers?

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In the final round, the two castaways would use a paddle to dig up three rope rings.

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At the second station, the shovel would be used to dig up a hachet.

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Frightened, she runs into the backyard to dig up the body.

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Birds, small mammals, and other opportunists dig up the nests of turtles and consume eggs.

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