out of the woods
Example Sentences
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Despite a flurry of vague timelines and lofty promises, it doesn’t seem like we’ll be out of the woods any time soon.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
It had seemed like Plum was out of the woods after she came back from her ankle injury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
But Cracker Barrel isn’t out of the woods yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Felix Bohnsack, the technical head of the mission, praised everyone involved, from Backhaus's environment ministry to the German life guards' association DLRG, although he warned they were not yet "out of the woods".
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
By winter he was back in the woods with Charlie McDonald, cutting cottonwoods, chaining them to the draft horses, and skidding them out of the woods in snow and sleet.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
