DIG AROUND


Meaning of DIG AROUND in English

1.

If you ~ in a place or container, you search for something in every part of it.

I went home to ~ in my closets for some old tapes.

= rummage around

PHRASAL VERB: V P in n, also V P

2.

If you ~, you try to find information about someone or something.

They said, after digging around, the photo was a fake.

PHRASAL VERB: V P

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .