get out
verb
got out; got out or gotten out; getting out; gets out
2
: to become known : leak out
their secret got 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
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Conoco got out of the Polar Lights investment in 2014, when Russia invaded Crimea.
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
The mobile scanners allow the Pittsburgh Parking Authority to cover huge swaths of the city without ever getting out of the car.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
But some of them prey on us—the wide-eyed, overtired first-time parents still finding our footing, desperate to get out of the house, not knowing what to do or where to go.
—Lauren Boswell, Parents, 30 Nov. 2025
He's got to get out there himself.
—ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
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Ben Smith, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
The mobile scanners allow the Pittsburgh Parking Authority to cover huge swaths of the city without ever getting out of the car.
—Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
But some of them prey on us—the wide-eyed, overtired first-time parents still finding our footing, desperate to get out of the house, not knowing what to do or where to go.
—Lauren Boswell, Parents, 30 Nov. 2025
He's got to get out there himself.
—ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for get out
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“Get out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20out. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
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