crawl out of

The "upper middle-class" label invoked by Reich is an effort to crawl out of the conceptual and terminological morass: Who or what is the middle class, exactly, and how useful is it to split that up into the "upper" or "lower" or "Black" or "suburban" middle classes to suit a particular point?

Wiggins — who reports to a 13-member board that includes Los Angeles’ mayor and the county supervisors — took over at Metro in 2021, just as the region began to crawl out of a pandemic that profoundly altered transit.

That journey of love and acceptance, of wanting to belong someplace and having someone see you for the greatness that you are, even if you did crawl out of the slime — that’s the princess journey.

I somehow remain modestly optimistic we will crawl out of this.

All these people who made you feel bad, all these forces and society that make you feel bad, ultimately you are still the person at the bottom of that pit that needs, hopefully with help, to crawl out of it.