dig out of a hole

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Verb

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.