dig out of a hole en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, transitive) To save someone or something from trouble.
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.
2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dug out of a hole | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dug out of a hole | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| digs out of a hole | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| digging out of a hole | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |