gets out

present tense third-person singular of get out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gets out 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 The problem comes when inflation gets out of hand — when average prices go up faster than average wages are going up. Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets out
Verb
  • The raw sewage rises to the surface, adding to the unbearable stink, which spreads and worsens with every passing day.
    Eli Sharabi, Time, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Big Red love spreads all across the Lone Star State, but there’s no city that embraces this sweet and slightly peculiar soda quite like San Antonio.
    Taylor Tobin, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jones escapes Fernandez to receive a pass from Gravenberch, while the positioning of Wirtz and Szoboszlai keeps Cucurella and Caicedo from coming forward.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • When virtual particle pairs pop into existence at the edge of black holes, sometimes the black hole’s gravity grabs one partner while the other escapes.
    Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Camilla Wright is a media commentator and writer for global news and pop culture outlets, and publishes Britain’s biggest and best known newsletter.
    Camilla Wright, semafor.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The Bee publishes weekly updates on health inspections across Sacramento County.
    Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The platform incorporates several system upgrades, including a liquid metal loop that circulates 2,500 pounds (1,100 kilograms) of bismuth and a custom 200-kilowatt heat exchanger.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That quote of Welles throwing monumental shade at Woody Allen, which circulates on social media basically any time Allen does anything?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the Netflix movie, Serayah plays Ruth Moably, a musician who flees Atlanta to care for her late boyfriend's mother, Naomi (Phylicia Rashad), in rural Tennessee.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As night falls amid the vast trees and lush greenery, a teenage boy breaks a window, climbs out of it and flees toward the forest on foot.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the operations supervisor in the tower was focused on trying to fix a printer which prints strips of paper with flight information and had jammed.
    Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Lindell handles very ugly, difficult matchups and usually comes out on top, regardless of who he’s partnered with.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But that ending reveal, which comes out of nowhere and leads us straight into the credits with no time to process it, will continue to spark debates for decades.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That screen is super crisp, the A16 processor just flies, and having Center Stage in your video calls makes sure you are always seen.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
  • When one drone flies directly above another, the downward airflow from its propellers creates strong turbulence.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Gets out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20out. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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