gets out

verb

present tense third-person singular of get out
1
as in spreads
to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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2
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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3
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 The problem arises when anger becomes a fixation and gets out of control. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Video shows Rocky did eventually return to his own yard, and a child holding a blanket can be seen chasing the dog before a woman gets out of a black SUV parked in the road. — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 9 May 2026 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. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets out
  1. spreads
  2. escapes
  3. publishes
  4. circulates
  5. flees
  6. prints
  7. comes out
  8. flies
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  • While the exact cause or specific origin of this year’s outbreak is still under investigation, the parasite spreads when people eat food or drink water contaminated with feces, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
  • In a place like New York City, Legionella really spreads through the mist or the vapor that’s generated by cooling towers that are often found on the top of large buildings.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 July 2026
Definition of spreads
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  • Pinned beneath her rotting legs in his recliner chair, Loftis narrowly escapes by yanking its lever, catapulting the hag over his head.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
  • In the first five minutes, her Judith stabs a man at a party, escapes on skis and celebrates a job well done by bedding a besotted hottie.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Definition of escapes
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  • Biogen may gain more momentum after the biotech publishes new data from its latest investigational drug treatment trials, according to Truist Securities.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 13 July 2026
  • By comparison, a typical imprint publishes 12 to 15 new books each year.
    — Ali Jackson-Jolley, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of publishes
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  • The pool is designed with ports to connect a chiller—the special refrigeration unit some people use that continuously circulates and filters the water to keep it cold without the need for ice.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2026
  • Fox does not disclose tournament ad revenue, and spot pricing circulates only as unattributed estimates.
    — Maureen Kerr, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of circulates
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  • Dunn, having none of it, stabs Dickie 20 times with a broken liquor bottle–with pants around his ankles, no less–while Alma flees out a window.
    — EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • With no idea what's going on, Dylan flees the FBC to find that the Hiss — otherworldly crimson monsters from another dimension — have overrun Manhattan.
    — George Yang, Space.com, 22 June 2026
Definition of flees
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  • The new channel, the clever funnel, the ad that prints money.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • This is a company that prints more revenue every time the tape gets chaotic, and 2026 has given it plenty of chaos to work with.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 11 May 2026
Definition of prints
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  • And Cody still comes out before the season starts and takes BP, hooks up the kids with some Nike stuff.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • The June jobs report comes out a day earlier due to the July 4 holiday and the weekly unemployment benefits report, which acts as a proxy for layoffs, is also scheduled for release.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of comes out
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  • Having a great chill day on a Miami vacation, and then boom, my hat flies, my coffee goes all over me.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
  • Eighty miles from New Orleans as the pelican flies, but so much longer by boat.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
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“Gets out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20out. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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