DIG SOMEONE OR SOMETHING UP

dig someone or something up: translation

dig someone or something up†

Fig. to go to great effort to find someone or something. (There is an implication that the thing or person dug up is not the most desirable, but is all that could be found.) •

Mary dug a date up for the dance next Friday.

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I dug up a recipe for roast pork with pineapple.

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I dug up a carpenter who doesn't charge very much.