dig out

verb6

1. •
   To remove something by digging.

   • The archaeologist dug out a Saxon dagger.
   • Houdini not only got out of the ropes: he also dug himself out of the hole he had been buried in.
2. •
   (figurative) To find or retrieve something buried.

   • I shall try to dig out my old textbooks.
3. •
   To make something by digging.

   • We had to dig out our foxhole while under fire.
4. •
   (US, slang) To decamp; to leave a place hastily.
5. •
   (slang) To have penetrative sexual intercourse with someone.

   • I'd like to dig her out.
6. •
   To block a yorker with the bottom of the bat, at the last second.