Meanings
- idiomaticOut 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.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Finnish kuivilla, kuivilla vesillä
- kuivillaout of peril
- kuivilla vesilläout of peril
- selvillä vesilläout of peril
French tiré d'affaire, sorti d'affaire
- tiré d'affaireout of peril
- sorti d'affaireout of peril
- hors de dangerout of peril
- sorti de l'aubergeout of peril
German aus dem Schneider, aus dem Gröbsten heraus
- aus dem Schneiderout of peril
- aus dem Gröbsten herausout of peril
- über den Bergout of peril
Italian fuori pericolo
- fuori pericoloout of peril
Māori Kua tae te waka ki uta
- Kua tae te waka ki utaout of peril
Polish na prostą
- na prostąout of peril
Russian вне опа́сности
- вне опа́сности (vne opásnosti)out of peril
Cite this entry
out of the woods. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20the%20woods
“out of the woods.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20the%20woods. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of the woods,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20the%20woods.
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