dig up dirt in English

Audio: en-au-dig up dirt.ogg

[Australia] Forms: digs up dirt [present, singular, third-person], digging up dirt [participle, present], dug up dirt [participle, past], dug up dirt [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|dig<,,dug> up dirt|head=dig up dirt}} dig up dirt (third-person singular simple present digs up dirt, present participle digging up dirt, simple past and past participle dug up dirt)

Inflected forms

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"dig up dirt" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms