[drag/get/lift etc.] (someone/something) out of a/(their) rut

to help someone or something to change their situation and to make progress.

The president has to get his election campaign out of a rut.

• on the boil
• on the books
• on the brink of
• on the brink of something
• on the bubble
• on the button
• on the case
• on the cheap
• on the contrary
• on the cutting edge
• on the cutting edge of
• on the cutting edge of something
• on the cutting room floor
• on the dot
• on the double
• on the edge
• on the face of it
• on the face of the earth
• on the factory floor
• on the fast track
• on the fence
• on the firing line
• on the fly
• on the fritz
• on the front burner