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Phrase(s): dig at someone or something
1. Lit. to poke or jab at someone or something. • Don’t dig at me all the time. My side is getting sore where you jabbed me. • Stop digging at the wall! Look at the hole you’ve made! 2. Fig. to make a cutting remark about someone or something. • She is always digging at her husband’s laziness. • Fred was digging at the company he works for.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs