Wiktionary
vb. (cx sometimes figurative English) To find or retrieve something by remove overlying material, or material that hides it
WordNet
v. dig out from underneath earth or snow
create by digging; "dig a hole"; "dig out a channel" [syn: dig]
Usage examples of "dig out".
To Vir's horror, it pulled experimentally at Rem's cheek, trying to dig out what it apparently thought was a particularly appetizing bit of flesh.
At last, as the ruddy sun rose above the horizon, Purga managed to dig out a hole big enough to shelter her body.
There was a way, of course, to dig out the information from the other end, on Terra, but it would take a year just to get the inquiry back to his source and receive a reply.
But that does not mean we must agree to let them come and dig out what they want from the land.
In any number of places in the complex, false walls have been constructed, designed to be pierced by greedy thieves, or to collapse of their own accord when thieves dig out the sand that holds them up.
She found a stand of root plants, a little like potatoes, small enough to dig out of the ground.
Idly using an axe to chop through the crust and his hand to dig out the loose powder beneath, he had discovered blue metal only an arm's length below where they sat.