dig (sth) into sb/sth
— phrasal verb with dig uk/dɪɡ/us/dɪɡ/verb present participle digging, past tense and past participle dug
to press or push, or to press or push an object, hard into someone or something:
A stone was digging into my heel.
She dug her fingernails into my wrist.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inserting and forcing things into other things
- cram
- embed
- embedded
- imbed
- in
- insert
- insertion
- interlace
- interpolate
- interpose
- intersperse
- interspersed
- jam
- let
- let sth into sth
- lodge
- shoehorn
- squash
- stick
- thread
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