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dig into

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Verb1.dig into - examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"
poke into, probe
penetrate, perforate - pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest"
gutter - wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"


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Well, to take away this discouragement, I resolved to dig into the surface of the earth, and so make a declivity: this I began, and it cost me a prodigious deal of pains
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
I took particular pleasure in this breaking of ground, for in almost all latitudes men dig into the earth for an equable temperature.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
At so much a week, they had engaged men to dig into the mound and to sift the ashes.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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