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.

3

—used interjectionally to express surprise or disbelief

Get out! I can't believe he was actually in your office.

—Rená A. Finney

Really? Get out of here! I don't believe you.

—Michael R. Espina

"No way," he said, the first of many times. "Get out of town, that didn't happen."

—Karl Luntta

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

Cowboys can’t get out of their own way The Cowboys should have defeated the Colts by a comfortable margin, with QB2 coming in the fourth quarter for mop duty. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Nov. 2026

Investigators say a passenger in a car got out to inspect the damage from a minor crash when they were hit by a passing car — described as a white, silver, or black sedan — that fled the scene. — CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

This isn't a speaker for playing sensible background music at a dinner party; it's meant for a raging house party that could get out of control. — Christian De Looper, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

Police said the driver parked, got out and walked around the back of the vehicle to the passenger side. — Eric Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 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