get out

verb

got out; got out or gotten out; getting out; gets out

intransitive verb

1

: leave, escape

doubted that he would get out alive

2

: to become known : leak out

their secret got out

transitive verb

1

: to cause to leave or escape

2

: to bring before the public

especially : publish

Synonyms of get out

• spread
• circulate
• get around
• come out

Examples of get out in a Sentence

news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance

Recent Examples on the Web

Ryan worked around a pair of runners in both the fourth and seventh innings, skipping off the mound after getting Drew Romo to swing at a sweeper for strike three to get out of the seventh unscathed. —Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 27 May 2026

The two allegedly exchanged words before Radimak got out of the vehicle and assaulted both victims before fleeing the scene, police said. —Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026

Much in this story is unnamed, obscure, or ambiguous, down to the syntax (no one gets out of a Henry James sentence alive). —Literary Hub, 26 May 2026

Angela Paxton sent out an email encouraging supporters to get out and vote in three runoffs on Tuesday. —Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Rhymes for get out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Kids Definition

get out

verb

1

: publish sense 2a

2

: to escape or help to escape

3

: to become known : leak out

their secret got out