out of the woods

1. Out of difficulties, danger or trouble, as in We're through the worst of the recession—we're out of the woods now, or That pneumonia was serious, but Charles is finally out of the woods. This expression, alluding to having been lost in a forest, dates from Roman times; it was first recorded in English in 1792. The British usage is out of the wood.

Example Sentences

Small-cap stocks aren’t out of the woods yet either.

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Indeed, the Bank's governor Andrew Bailey said the UK was "not out of the woods yet" when it came to inflation, so any future rate cuts "will need to be made gradually and carefully".

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A half-hour later, at around 3:30 a.m., it acknowledged that customers weren’t out of the woods.

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But we’re not out of the woods yet because they haven’t rendered a final decision.

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The automaker hasn’t had any production disruptions but is “not out of the woods quite yet,” he added.

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