单词 | dig up the hatchet |
释义 | > as lemmasto dig up the hatchet 1. transitive. To take or get out of the ground, etc., by digging or excavating; to exhume, disinter, unearth. Also figurative to obtain, find, search out (cf. to dig out 1 at Phrasal verbs) (now colloquial); occasionally intransitive. to dig up the hatchet, to renew strife: see hatchet n. (Cf. 6.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > dig out or up delvec1000 upgravea1340 undelve1340 grubc1374 to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 unearthc1450 sprittle1585 effode1657 to cast up1660 exhume1783 moot1823 excavate1848 lift1883 spud1886 pig-root1890 the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (transitive)] > obtain or acquire in a certain way > by care or effort > by exertion to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 tuga1657 rustle1844 to scare up1846 quarry1847 flog1959 society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) > dig up (object) upgravea1340 digc1350 to dig upc1400 to dig outa1425 unearthc1450 holk1554 moil1581 sprittle1585 effodicate1599 moot1610 effode1657 to cast up1660 to rough out1834 exter1835 excavate1848 crow1853 stub1927 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) ix. 107 He [John the Baptist] was..buryed at Samarie. And there let Julianus Apostata dyggen him vp. c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1126 I se a gras of grete solas, Were hyt dyggyd uppe by the rote, Of many thyngs hit myght be bote. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job iii. 21 Those that dygge vp treasure. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. i. 135 Oft haue I digd vp dead men from their graues. View more context for this quotation 1723 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth (ed. 3) 81 There are dig'd up Trees..in some Northern Islands, in which there are at this Day growing no Trees at all. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. vii. 133 Huge Bones and Sculls casually dug up in several Parts of the Kingdom. 1858 G. Glenny Gardener's Every-day Bk. (new ed.) 267/1 Jerusalem Artichokes, Dig them up if it be not done already. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms To dig up the hatchet, a phrase decidedly Indian in origin..This [the hatchet] was buried to signify the putting away of strife; and digging up the hatchet, meant a renewal of warfare. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 21 Dig up, Mr. Pullman, Go way down into your jeans. to dig up the hatchet (b) to dig up the hatchet: to resume fighting after a period of peace; (more generally) to renew hostilities. ΚΠ 1727 C. Colden Hist. Five Indian Nations iii. 70 If ever he should hear of the like Complaint, he would dig up the Hatchet, and joyn with the rest of the English to cut them off, Root and Branch. 1877 F. Parkman Count Frontenac 108 I thank you for bringing back the calumet of peace..and I give you joy that you have not dug up the hatchet. 1913 T. W. Burgess Boy Scouts on Swift River xii. 172 He was wise enough to realize the futility of digging up the hatchet again, but his heart was ever turned from the white men. 2015 GQ (Nexis) Dec. 146 Unable to set aside his pride, Trump dug up the hatchet once more. < as lemmas |
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