get (someone) out of (something)

idiom

1

: to cause or help (someone) to leave or escape from (a place)

The firemen managed to get him out of the burning building alive.

2

: to help (someone) to avoid doing (something)

My sister said she could get me out of going to the party if I really didn't want to go

3

: to cause (someone) to stop having (a habit)

All the extra work I've been doing has gotten me out of the habit of exercising.

4

: to cause (someone or something) to stop being in or involved in (something)

The company has decided to get itself out of the computer business.

She got her money out of the stock market.

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Try to direct the person to swim parallel to shore to get out of the rip current. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025

The Heat had until the end of this upcoming regular season to get out of the luxury tax, but opted to do that work before the start of the season by trading Highsmith to the Nets. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025

If the caterpillar population is allowed to get out of control and mature, there will be more eggs laid and more caterpillars in the seasons to come. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025

That disappointment did not stop Burton from dominating the second chances contest, which ended with him unscrambling the pirate term Jolly Roger before any of the other players could even get out of their previous stage jail cells. —EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025