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

With just under 11 minutes left in the first quarter, De’Von Achane got out to his left with nothing but space. — Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026

The Rutgers game could get out of hand fast, as the team needs to win the game by seven touchdowns and extra points in order to cover the spread. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

But the ritual has increasingly gotten out of hand, culminating with someone hurling a chair into the crowd during the group’s performance last week in Charlotte, North Carolina, and reportedly sending one fan to the hospital. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Farrell, for his part, gets out of an expensive-looking car, which is always a cool thing for a man to be doing. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Sep. 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