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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Second, there are too many potentially bullish catalysts coming up for investors to get out of stocks en masse.
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Nixon's advocacy is widely viewed as contributing to lower-than-necessary interest rates that allowed inflation to get out of control.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Her other children, a 15-year-old and a pair of 18-year-old twins, managed to get out of the water and were physically safe.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
At some point, Jeremy Hinson became aware of the officers and got out of the SUV.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
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Fred Imbert, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Nixon's advocacy is widely viewed as contributing to lower-than-necessary interest rates that allowed inflation to get out of control.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025
Her other children, a 15-year-old and a pair of 18-year-old twins, managed to get out of the water and were physically safe.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025
At some point, Jeremy Hinson became aware of the officers and got out of the SUV.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Get out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20out. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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