dig out of a hole
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dig out of a hole
- (idiomatic, transitive) To save someone or something from trouble.
- 2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC:
- 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.
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