dig up dirt

Related to dig up dirt: put to bed with a shovel

dig up dirt

To uncover negative information about someone or something. Once I contact my usual sources at the tabloids, I should be able to dig up dirt on that actress.

dig up dirt

BRITISH & AMERICAN or

dig the dirt

BRITISH

COMMON If you dig up dirt or dig the dirt on someone, you look for harmful or shocking information about them. They hired a detective firm to dig up dirt on their rival. Note: You can also say that you dig for dirt. Reporters even go through trash cans digging for dirt on celebrities. Note: You can describe this activity as dirt-digging. In the movie, a dirt-digging reporter is framed by a corrupt district attorney and sentenced for manslaughter.

词组	dig up dirt
释义	dig up dirt Related to dig up dirt: put to bed with a shovel dig up dirt To uncover negative information about someone or something. Once I contact my usual sources at the tabloids, I should be able to dig up dirt on that actress. See also: dig, dirt, up Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. dig up dirt BRITISH & AMERICAN or dig the dirt BRITISH COMMON If you dig up dirt or dig the dirt on someone, you look for harmful or shocking information about them. They hired a detective firm to dig up dirt on their rival. Note: You can also say that you dig for dirt. Reporters even go through trash cans digging for dirt on celebrities. Note: You can describe this activity as dirt-digging. In the movie, a dirt-digging reporter is framed by a corrupt district attorney and sentenced for manslaughter. See also: dig, dirt, up Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: dig some dirt up dig up dirt on (someone or something) dig the dirt grist for (one's) mill grist for the mill grist for the mill, that's grist for/to somebody's mill grist to (one's) mill dig down dig (something)
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