dig yourself out of

TRANSITIVEwe dug ourselves out of the snowdrift thochlaíomar ár mbealach amach as an ráth sneachtathey're trying to dig themselves out of trouble tá siad ag iarraidh iad féin a thabhairt slán óna dtrioblóid, tá siad ag iarraidh iad féin a thabhairt as gábh → see dig