get out

verb

Definition of get outnext
1
as in to spread
to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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2
as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance

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3
as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form a romance novelist who got a new book out every year

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Recent Examples of get out The taxi driver told investigators Berezovska did not speak during the 30-minute ride, paid the roughly $45 fare and got out. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026 Adames also committed an error on a routine grounder in the bottom of the seventh that could’ve spelled disaster, but Houser got out of the inning unscathed. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 Multiple suspects got out of the Honda and opened fire, police said. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Knight tried to duck, Davis said, but was too large to get out of the way and was struck by something. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get out
  1. spread
  2. escape
  3. publish
  4. circulate
  5. flee
  6. print
  7. get around
  8. fly
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  • These theories spreading online, one expert says, stem from people’s struggles to find a fulfilling explanation for what has happened.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Cedars-Sinai apologized for any inconvenience Marina del Rey residents endured after the hospital's construction project caused a putrid odor to spread through the coastal neighborhood.
    — Nicole Comstock, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of spread
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  • The bear scratched his arm, and the victim tripped and injured his foot while trying to escape, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
    — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Roy can’t escape one difficult question, however, concerning his plans for what’s next after his contract’s up at the end of the season.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of escape
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  • Judge Carli Kierny, presiding over the case, has ruled the jury will be able to hear about the book Davis published and his previous police interviews.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • An investigative report is expected to be published publicly later this month.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of publish
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  • Supporters are circulating clips of Ossoff’s speeches, debating his prospects against other potential 2028 Democratic contenders and increasingly comparing his trajectory with Obama’s rapid rise from the Senate to the White House.
    — Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
  • According to the scientists, the EIC will circulate two beams of particles (ions and electrons) in opposite directions.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of circulate
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  • After Bridegan was shot in the street, prosecutors have said, one person fled on foot and another fled in a vehicle, WJXT reported.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Luwi, who moved into Gajdusek’s house after Koiye fled it, spent years keeping his distance from his uncle, so as not to attract suspicion, too.
    — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
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  • Record-high margins means refineries that haven’t been derailed by war are printing money these days.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The team printed colonies onto agar with about 5 millimeters separating neighboring cells.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of print
Verb
  • Risers for spectators to view the race and bridges for people to get around have been constructed.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • As an alternative to Starlink, the Ukrainians have rushed to develop reliable drones equipped with AI, which offer a way to get around Russia’s counter-drone defenses.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of get around
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  • So a new grant, under the early-stage NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, aims to create small, flying vehicles that could explore those caves.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • When not searching for glass floats, enjoy other pastimes like tide pooling, beachcombing, and kite flying (home to two kite festivals, Lincoln City calls itself the Kite Capital of the World).
    — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
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