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Read the following two sentences.

The treasure they discovered had been buried deep in the sand. It would take all day to unearth it.

Use the context clues to find the definition for the word unearth as it is used in these sentences.

to uncover
to dig out
to find
to get up

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Answer:

to dig out

Step-by-step explanation:

when it said it would take days to unearth it it would make more since if you replace the word unearth to to dig out

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The answer is to dig out.

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