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Meaning of out of the woods | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.
    idiomatic
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, the, woods.

Equivalents

Examples

“The patient is feeling a little better, but she's not out of the woods yet.”
“The Slovakian prime minister, Robert Fico, is in a stable condition but “not out of the woods yet”, officials have said, as they appealed for calm after a shooting that laid bare the deep political divisions of recent months.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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