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out of the woods

out of the woods prepositional phrase: out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) Out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.
    • 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.2024 May 16, Pjotr Sauer, Ashifa Kassam, “Slovakian PM Robert Fico stable but ‘not out of the woods’ after shooting”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see out of, the, woods.

out of the woods meaning in Bengali

out of the woods in Bengali

বিপদমুক্ত

Questions about out of the woods

What does out of the woods mean?
Out of the woods means out of peril; likely to recover or prevail over trouble; finished with the worst or most threatening part of a problem or illness.
What is out of the woods in Bengali?
Out of the woods in Bengali is বিপদমুক্ত. See Out of the woods meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is out of the woods?
Out of the woods is a prepositional phrase.

Words near out of the woods in the dictionary

  1. out of the running
  2. out of the side of one's mouth
  3. out of the starting gate
  4. out of the way
  5. out of the window
  6. out of the woods
  7. out of thin air
  8. out of this world
  9. out of time
  10. out of touch
  11. out of town

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