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as in spreads
to become known
news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media
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as in escapes
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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as in publishes
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 gets out
In the initial script, Becket gets out of jail with Ruth, who had given birth to their child while he was incarcerated, waiting for him.
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Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Texas leads when government gets out of the way—AI for prosperity, not control.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Invent a drinking game to keep guests interested if the game gets out of hand.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The secret gets out After a season at Southern Miss in 2019, Faulkner’s big break finally came when Kirby Smart hired him to coach quarterbacks at Georgia — 20 years after the two men first met.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Park stages Man-su’s homicide attempts as slapstick set pieces in which our clumsy antihero himself barely gets out alive.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda gets out of a Tesla Motor’s Roadster electric car with Tesla Motors Chief Exective Officer Elon Musk (behind car) upon their arrival at a news conference in Tokyo November 12, 2010.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
This standoff goes on for almost 10 minutes before the driver finally gets out and is escorted away.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
Texas leads when government gets out of the way—AI for prosperity, not control.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Invent a drinking game to keep guests interested if the game gets out of hand.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
The secret gets out After a season at Southern Miss in 2019, Faulkner’s big break finally came when Kirby Smart hired him to coach quarterbacks at Georgia — 20 years after the two men first met.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Park stages Man-su’s homicide attempts as slapstick set pieces in which our clumsy antihero himself barely gets out alive.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda gets out of a Tesla Motor’s Roadster electric car with Tesla Motors Chief Exective Officer Elon Musk (behind car) upon their arrival at a news conference in Tokyo November 12, 2010.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
This standoff goes on for almost 10 minutes before the driver finally gets out and is escorted away.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets out
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Success spreads Successful small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
3 May 2026
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Once the disease spreads to other areas of the body, however, treatment becomes much more difficult, and the five-year survival rate dips to roughly 16 percent.—
K. R. Callaway,
Scientific American,
2 May 2026
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The moving drama revolves on a young boy, the film’s titular character, who escapes the bombing of his southern Iranian village in which his family is killed.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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The Chase, which also starred Marlon Brando, saw Redford play Bubber, who escapes from prison, and Fonda play his wife.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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At last week’s FLGCA anniversary celebration, Beth Kassab of the Winter Park Voice and Jason Garcia, who publishes the website Seeking Rents, described how organizations can collaborate to defend access to public information.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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One respected firm publishes a study forecasting mass firings, while another estimates the net effect is minimal.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Glucose is a type of sugar that circulates in the bloodstream after being absorbed from food.—
Liao Yue,
The Conversation,
28 Apr. 2026
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The three-stage filtration system captures common airborne particles, while its 360-degree air intake efficiently pulls in and circulates air in rooms of up to 2,400 square feet.—
Toni Sutton,
PEOPLE,
24 Apr. 2026
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Searchlight is in development on Lottery, a Permut Presentations drama about a young man with Down syndrome who, after winning the lottery, flees his estranged mother and hits the road with a charming new friend who has ulterior motives of her own.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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Following a violent outburst from Robert, Nancy gets in her car and flees in the last scene of the episode.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2026
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London’s Victoria and Albert Museum ceded to censorship requests issued by the Chinese firm that prints the institution’s exhibition catalogues, according to a new report from The Guardian, who unearthed the information via FOIA requests.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
16 Apr. 2026
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Few places symbolize the move from print to digital more than Akalla, a district of Stockholm where the ST01 data center sits at a site once occupied by the factory that prints Sweden main newspaper, Kaun says.—
Michael Weissenstein,
Fortune,
28 Dec. 2025
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And even if the jury comes out against OpenAI, a judge is unlikely to shut down a company that has massive economic impact and is of strategic national interest.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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And the album comes out June 5, just in time for Pride.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2026
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Leone, a furniture executive, flies exclusively on semi-private planes operated by JSX.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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Aliens, dystopian nightmares, and twisted realities are more than likely provoking a reaction from viewers that flies a lot closer to terrified.—
Grace Dean,
Space.com,
2 May 2026
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“Gets out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20out. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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