Definition 2024
out_of_the_woods
out of the woods
English
Adjective
out of the woods
- (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.
- Used other than as an idiom: see out of, the, woods.