"dig out of a hole" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-dig out of a hole.ogg [Australia] Forms: digs out of a hole [present, singular, third-person], digging out of a hole [participle, present], dug out of a hole [participle, past], dug out of a hole [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|dig<,,dug> out of a hole}} dig out of a hole (third-person singular simple present digs out of a hole, present participle digging out of a hole, simple past and past participle dug out of a hole)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To save someone or something from trouble. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-dig_out_of_a_hole-en-verb-EanwLIIb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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