dig on in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "digs on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "digging on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dug on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dug on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "dig<,,dug> on"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        {
          "text": "Jermaine dug on her.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be attracted to (someone)."
      ],
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        "(African-American Vernacular) To be attracted to (someone)."
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You had better dig on this.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To observe."
      ],
      "id": "en-dig_on-en-verb-zAe2mDjK",
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular) To observe."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dig on"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"on\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "digs on",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "digging on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dug on",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dug on",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dig<,,dug> on"
      },
      "expansion": "dig on (third-person singular simple present digs on, present participle digging on, simple past and past participle dug on)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jermaine dug on her.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be attracted to (someone)."
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular) To be attracted to (someone)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You had better dig on this.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To observe."
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular) To observe."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dig on"
}

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"dig on" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms