Out-of-the-woods Definition

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(idiomatic) Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.

The patient is feeling a little better, but she's not out of the woods yet.
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Out-of-the-woods Sentence Examples

  • The moment was even more bittersweet by the fact Denny seemed to be out of the woods even if Izzie sacrificed her career.

  • Try to stay out of the woods.

  • What brings los federales out of the woods?

  • The survivors were unable to walk, but crawled out of the woods and glens.

  • I used to start them in the open land also, where they had come out of the woods at sunset to "bud" the wild apple trees.

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