OUT OF THE WOODS Definition & Meaning

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Idioms and Phrases

Out of difficulties, danger or trouble, as in We're through the worst of the recession—we're out of the woods now , or That pneumonia was serious, but Charles is finally out of the woods . This expression, alluding to having been lost in a forest, dates from Roman times; it was first recorded in English in 1792. The British usage is out of the wood .

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If your debt outlasts the Department of Education, alas, you’re not out of the woods yet.

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Vatican officials cautioned that didn't mean the Pope was out of the woods.

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"I'm still not out of the woods yet and it might come to the point where I won't have any representation and I don't know what I'll do," she said.

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Jez said his friend and bandmate's admission that he needed help was to be commended and that while he was "not out of the woods yet", he was "doing a lot better".

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"We're not quite out of the woods yet," Queensland state Premier David Chrisafulli told ABC News.

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