get (something) out of (something or someone)

idiom

1

: to take (something) from (something or someone)

The police officer got the gun out of the suspect's hand.

The police officer got a confession out of the suspect.

2

: to gain (something) from (something)

What do you hope to get out of this experience?

Examples of get (something) out of (something or someone) in a Sentence

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And some cities responded to the popularity of e-bikes by installing bike lanes and building protective infrastructure to help convince people its safe to get out of their cars and on their bikes, and setting up local tax credit and rebate programs to lower prices. —Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 June 2024

But when a highly shorted stock rises in price quickly, short sellers sometimes scramble to get out of their trades. —Stan Choe, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2024

Every year, though, the Tiananmen Square massacre is immortalized by the famous photo of a man with bags in hand – identity still unknown - refusing to get out of the way of tanks that tried to move through the square. —Peter Aitken, Fox News, 4 June 2024

Buy Now 04 of 10 Fifty Miles from 'Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People' by William L. Iggiagruk Hensley If the title doesn’t snag you then go on, get out of here! —Morgan Talty, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024