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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Cendejas said Wahab needs to focus her time on getting out to voters in the district while the state Legislature is in recess between July and August.
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Miller posted a $5,000 bond to get out of jail.
—Lindsay Good, NBC news, 23 June 2026
High temperatures will be unseasonably chilly, with valleys struggling to get out of the 50s and 60s, while higher terrain will stay in the 30s and 40s.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Friendship often begins after the polished version of you gets out of the way.
—Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 24 June 2026
Miller posted a $5,000 bond to get out of jail.
—Lindsay Good, NBC news, 23 June 2026
High temperatures will be unseasonably chilly, with valleys struggling to get out of the 50s and 60s, while higher terrain will stay in the 30s and 40s.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 23 June 2026
Friendship often begins after the polished version of you gets out of the way.
—Alla Adam, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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“Get out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20out. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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