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dig out of

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dig someone or something out of something

 and dig someone or something out

to excavate in order to get someone or something out of something; to dig about in order to get someone or something out of something. She dug out the roots of the tree. The dog dug itself out of the rubble of the fallen building.

See also: dig, of, out