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get out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of get out

1 to become known

  • news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media
Synonyms of get out

break, circulate, come out, get about, get around, get round, leak (out), out, spread
Words Related to get out

develop, transpire, unfold

disclose, reveal, spill, tell
Near Antonyms of get out

hush (up), suppress

conceal, disguise, hide, mask

secrete

2 to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

  • tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance
Synonyms of get out

abscond, break out (of), clear out, escape, flee, fly, lam, run away, run off
Words Related to get out

avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun

decamp, depart, elope, exit, go, leave, move, pull out, quit, sally (forth), shove (off), take off, walk out

disentangle, extricate

bring off, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Phrases Synonymous with get out

break free
Near Antonyms of get out

abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry

come back, return

3 to produce and release for distribution in printed form

  • a romance novelist who got a new book out every year
Synonyms of get out

issue, print, publish, put out
Words Related to get out

copublish

reissue, reprint, republish

serialize

contribute, edit, syndicate

manufacture, produce

distribute, market
Phrases Synonymous with get out

come out with
Near Antonyms of get out

censor, suppress

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