DIG UP DIRT

Meaning of DIG UP DIRT in English

informal

discover and reveal damaging information about someone.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

UP — I. (|)əp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIRT — I. ˈdə]t, ˈdə̄], ˈdəi], usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: alteration of Middle English drit, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIG — I. ˈdig verb ( dug ˈdəg ; or archaic digged ˈdigd ; dug or archaic digged ; digging ; digs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIRT — /derrt/ , n. 1. any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement. 2. earth or soil, esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIG — dig 1 /dig/ , v. , dug or ( Archaic ) digged, digging , n. v.i. 1. to break up, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UP — I. ˈəp adverb Etymology: partly from Middle English up upward, from Old English ūp; partly from Middle English uppe on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIG — I. ˈdig verb ( dug ˈdəg ; dig·ging ) Etymology: Middle English diggen Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIRT — noun Etymology: Middle English drit, from Old Norse; akin to Old English drītan to defecate Date: 13th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UP — prep upon. 2. up ·adv aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up …
Webster English vocab
DIRT — noun meanness; sordidness. 2. dirt ·noun in placer mining, earth, gravel, ·etc., before washing. 3. dirt ·vt to make foul …
Webster English vocab
DIG — add. ·noun gouge. 2. dig ·add. ·noun an act of digging. 3. dig ·add. ·noun a tool for digging. 4. …
Webster English vocab
DIRT — dirt BrE AmE dɜːt AmE \ dɝːt ▶ ˌ dirt ˈ cheap BrE AmE ▶ ˈ dirt ˌ farmer BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UP — / ʌp; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective , verb , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIRT — / dɜːt; NAmE dɜːrt/ noun [ U ] 1. any substance that makes sth dirty, for example dust, soil or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIG — / dɪg; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( dig·ging , dug , dug / dʌg; NAmE /) 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UP — I. up 1 S1 W1 /ʌp/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A HIGHER POSITION towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIG — I. dig 1 S2 /dɪɡ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle dug /dʌɡ/, present participle digging ) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. --adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIRT — n. 1 unclean matter that soils. 2 a earth, soil. b earth, cinders, etc., used to make a surface for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UP — adv., prep., adj., n., & v. adv. 1 at, in, or towards a higher place or position (jumped up in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIRT — n. 1 unclean matter that soils. 2 a earth, soil. b earth, cinders, etc., used to make a surface for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIG — v. & n. v. (digging; past and past part. dug) 1 intr. break up and remove or turn over soil, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIRT — n.1 unclean matter that soils. 2 a earth, soil. b earth, cinders, etc., used to make a surface for a …
Oxford English vocab
DIG — v. & n. --v. (digging; past and past part. dug) 1. intr. break up and remove or turn over soil, …
Oxford English vocab
UP — I. PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ʌp/. Frequency: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIRT — 1. If there is dirt on something, there is dust, mud, or a stain on it. I started to scrub …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIG — ( digs, digging, dug) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If people …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES dirt bike dirt cheap (= very cheap - an informal expression ) ▪ This coat …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES dig a ditch ▪ Ditches were dug to prevent the river from flooding. dig …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIRT — [noun] [U] - dust, earth or any substance that prevents a surface from being cleanI can't get the dirt off …
Cambridge English vocab
DIG — (MOVE EARTH) [verb] digging, past dug - to move and break up (earth) using a tool, a machine or your …
Cambridge English vocab
UP — Synonyms and related words : above, abovestairs, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, add to, addition, advance, against, aggrandize, aggrandizement, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIRT — See: EAT DIRT, HIT THE DIRT, PAY DIRT.
Slang English vocab
DIG — n. Function: verb 1 to loosen and turn over or remove (as soil) with or as if with a spade …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DIG — I. verb 1. to loosen and turn over or remove (as soil) with or as if with a spade dig …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIRT — noun 1 substance that makes sth dirty ADJECTIVE ▪ excess , loose ▪ She brushed the loose ~ off her …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DIG — I. noun 1 ( esp. BrE ) small push ADJECTIVE ▪ sharp VERB + DIG ▪ give ▪ She gave …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
UP — INDEX: 1. moving up to a higher place 2. looking, facing, or pointing upwards 3. to move upwards through the …
Longman Activator English vocab
DIG — INDEX: 1. to dig earth out of the ground 2. to remove something from the ground by digging RELATED WORDS …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIG — n. 25B6; verb she began to dig the heavy clay soil : TURN OVER, work, break up; till, harrow, plough. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DIG — v. 1 excavate, burrow, gouge, scoop, hollow out; tunnel He dug a hole in which to set the post 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
UP — 1. нареч. 1) вверх по, по направлению к 2) вдоль по; вглубь 3) против (течения, ветра и т. п.) 4) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIRT — сущ. 1) нечистоты, экскременты Syn : ordure, excrement 2) а) грязь; отбросы to play in the dirt ≈ играть в …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIG — 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - dug 1) а) копать, рыть to dig for gold ≈ искать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIRT — dirt.ogg dɜ:t n 1. грязь to wade through dirt - брести по грязи, месить грязь covered with dirt - покрытый …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIG — dig.ogg 1. dıg n 1. разг. тычок, пинок to give smb. a dig with one's elbow in the ribs - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIRT — 1) грязь 2) сорность 3) сорный • - dirt road - dirt roller - ingress of dirt - paper dirt
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
UP — 1. ʌp n 1. поезд, автобус и т. п. , идущий в большой город, в столицу или на север 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DIRT — n 1. грязь to wade through dirt - брести по грязи, месить грязь covered with dirt - покрытый грязью hands …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DIG — 1. dıg n 1. разг. тычок, пинок to give smb. a dig with one's elbow in the ribs - ткнуть …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DIRT — сущ. 1) нечистоты, экскременты Syn: ordure , excrement 2) а) грязь; отбросы to play in the dirt — играть в …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DIG — 1. гл. ; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - dug 1) а) копать, рыть to dig for gold — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DIRT — сущ. 1) нечистоты, экскременты Syn: ordure, excrement 2) а) грязь; отбросы to play in the dirt — играть в грязи The muddy matter in these streams is …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DIG — 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - dug 1) а) копать, рыть to dig for gold — искать золото Syn: scoop 2., excavate б) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UP — 1. _adv. 1> указывает на нахождение наверху или на более высокое положение; наверху; выше; high up in the air - …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DIRT — _n. 1> грязь, сор; нечистоты 2> земля; почва; грунт 3> непорядочность; гадость; to do smb. dirt - сделать кому-л. гадость …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

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