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What does "dig" mean?
dig in
- to dig trenches or foxholes for cover
- to entrench oneself
- Informal
- to begin to work intensively
- to begin eating
dig in one's heels
Informal to refuse to give up or modify one's opinion, policy, attitude, etc., esp. when faced with opposition
dig into
- to penetrate by or as by digging
- Informal to work hard at
See dig in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms
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