Idiom
dig out of a hole
Meaning
To save someone or something from trouble.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I need your help to dig out of a hole.”
“The company lost a lot of money, and it will take years to dig out of a hole.”
“Despite his best efforts to manage the mounting debt, he found it increasingly difficult to dig out of a hole created by his poor financial decisions.”
Examples
simple
“I need your help to dig out of a hole.”
contextual
“The company lost a lot of money, and it will take years to dig out of a hole.”
complex
“Despite his best efforts to manage the mounting debt, he found it increasingly difficult to dig out of a hole created by his poor financial decisions.”
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