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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

dig one's toes in
  1. 1. [American English] [verbal] 站稳自己的脚步,坚持自己的立场;坚决拒绝(或不肯)让步

Examples

dig deep
深挖 deep
dig potatoes
刨土豆 dig
dig out the truth
发现真相 dig
dig an elbow into someone's ribs
用胳膊肘碰碰某人胸口(暗示要他注意) dig
Dig an oil well.
挖一口油井。 well
To reach the petrol sometimes you need to dig something like 2 km below the surface.
得挖到地表以下2千米的地方才能找到石油。
When we were children, my parents used to bury something in the yard for us to dig up.
我们小的时候,父母总会把一些小物什埋在院子里让我们找着玩。 bury
They didn't have to dig a lot as the coal was near the surface.
矿层离地表不远,他们不需要挖很深。
Dig in, there's plenty for everyone.
快吃吧,还有很多呢,够大家吃。
We should dig up those weeds.
一个金属零件戳进了我的脚跟。

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