dig out

Speaking on TNT Sports, Lennon said: "They have now proven they can go away from home and dig out a result."

Excavators are then used to dig out the top soil and subsoil.

We went to great lengths to go into the Library of Congress, dig out documents, go to Brown University . . . you see in the film, these letters that we pull out.

"We had a colourful clothes day when we asked people to dig out their most vibrant item and wear it about the town and people just loved it," he said.

Still, there were years in which I was distracted from being happy by all the hiding and digging out I was doing.