out of the hole

1. see under in the hole.

Example Sentences

The trip to Nadal's academy in Majorca came after Zverev's first-round exit at Wimbledon, where he opened up about receiving psychological help to get "out of the hole" he was in.

From BBC

They’re going to destroy the economy and put us in a recession before Trump declares that he has made a “deal” and “won” the “trade war” and tries to dig us out of the hole he’s got us into.

From Salon

But we haven’t even begun to climb out of the hole we’ve found ourselves in.

From Slate

Even in victory here, City were too often vulnerable on the counter-attack, with too many spaces in midfield for Club Brugge to exploit, but they dug deep when it mattered and clawed themselves out of the hole they were in.

From BBC

Biden’s student loan relief policies have been shot to pieces by right-wing courts, but what little remained had gone to fixing existing loan forgiveness for people who had been defrauded or made payments for years and were unable to dig out of the hole.

From Slate