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noun ADJ. muddy | deep | cart, tractor, wagon PREP. in a ~ (figurative) My job bores me?I feel I'm in a rut. | into a ~ (figurative) I'd got into a rut, cooking the same things week after week. | out of a ~ (figurative) Moving abroad gave her the chance to get out of a rut.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary