dig out of a hole

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dig out of a hole (third-person singular simple present digs out of a hole, present participle digging out of a hole, simple past and past participle dug out of a hole)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To save someone or something from trouble.
    • 2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC[1]:
      The Blues, without new big-money signings Fernando Torres and David Luiz, relied on their old guard to dig them out of an early hole.