See dig deep in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Evoking such imagery as digging in one's pockets for money or digging in the ground for resources (water from a well, ore from the ground).",
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"text": "We're taking up a collection to help the Johnson family, who were burned out by a fire last week. Please dig deep and give whatever you can.",
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"ref": "2011 February 1, Phil McNulty, “Arsenal 2-1 Everton”, in BBC:",
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"(idiomatic) To make a lot of effort with all one's resources."
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