dig up dirt
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Related to dig up dirt: put to bed with a shovel
dig up dirt
To uncover negative information about someone or something. Once I contact my usual sources at the tabloids, I should be able to dig up dirt on that actress.
See also: dig, dirt, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
dig up dirt
BRITISH & AMERICAN ordig the dirt
BRITISHCOMMON If you dig up dirt or dig the dirt on someone, you look for harmful or shocking information about them. They hired a detective firm to dig up dirt on their rival. Note: You can also say that you dig for dirt. Reporters even go through trash cans digging for dirt on celebrities. Note: You can describe this activity as dirt-digging. In the movie, a dirt-digging reporter is framed by a corrupt district attorney and sentenced for manslaughter.
See also: dig, dirt, up
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
- dig some dirt up
- dig up dirt on (someone or something)
- dig the dirt
- grist for (one's) mill
- grist for the mill
- grist for the mill, that's
- grist for/to somebody's mill
- grist to (one's) mill
- dig down
- dig (something)
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