dig away

基本解释

She had him dig away the snow.
她让他把雪挖走。
Thousands of soldiers have been sent to the area to dig out survivors and blast away debris which has formed a dam, creating a barrier lake several kilometres long.
数千名解放军战士已派往灾区营救幸存者，清除瓦砾，将其筑成防汛堤坝，形成长达数千公里的堰塞湖。
Another 45,000 people were evacuated and thousands of soldiers converged on the area to dig out survivors and blast away debris that had created a barrier lake several kilometres long.
另有4.5万居民被疏散，上千士兵奔赴灾区搜救幸存者并清扫淤泥碎石，这些碎石流形成了长达几千千米的堰塞湖。

Nor were we to dig on our dig, only to skim away fine layers of earth with a scalpel, lowering the surface of our metre over the course of days, until the objects embedded there—projectile points or pottery shards—rested on top.
NEWYORKER: Archeology
Look half a world away at the Big Dig in downtown Boston.
FORBES: Magazine Article
Of course I did not short Brazil right away, I just decided to dig in more on the economy fundamentals, look at earnings et all.
FORBES: CNBC "Half Time Report" Says Brazil a Bear