Synonyms of getting out

getting out

verb

present participle of get out

1

as in spreading

to become known

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spreading
• circulating
• coming out
• leaking (out)
• getting around
• getting about
• getting round
• unfolding
• breaking
• telling
• outing
• revealing
• developing
• disclosing
• spilling
• transpiring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• hiding
• hushing (up)
• concealing
• masking
• disguising
• secreting

2

as in escaping

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• escaping
• fleeing
• running away
• flying
• running off
• breaking free
• breaking out (of)
• clearing out
• leaving
• lamming
• absconding
• pulling out
• walking out
• taking off
• moving
• avoiding
• shoving (off)
• going
• losing
• exiting
• evading
• departing
• eluding
• sallying (forth)
• shunning
• bringing off
• rescuing
• quitting
• eloping
• extricating
• liberating
• releasing
• springing
• freeing
• disentangling
• emancipating
• decamping
• loosening
• loosing
• enfranchising
• redeeming
• manumitting
• unfettering
• uncaging
• unbinding
• unchaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remaining
• hanging around
• lingering
• staying
• sticking around
• coming back
• dwelling
• abiding
• returning
• tarrying

3

as in publishing

to produce and release for distribution in printed form

a romance novelist who got a new book out every year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• publishing
• printing
• issuing
• coming out with
• putting out
• producing
• reprinting
• contributing
• copublishing
• editing
• reissuing
• manufacturing
• marketing
• republishing
• serializing
• distributing
• syndicating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• censoring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of getting out

But surveillance footage reviewed by another deputy showed the Mustang arriving at the parking lot without anyone getting out before deputies arrived, per the citation. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Looking at the slate today, there are a lot of good games, but some lines are getting out of hand because of the matchups. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

England piled up 254-4 after being put into bat in Southampton and that was mainly down to Brook, who has now scored 288 runs without getting out in the T20 format after unbeaten innings of 79 and 95 against India in July. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Roson said the girl remained calm after getting out from beneath the truck. — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

Gay had also developed an unwelcome habit of getting out in unfortunate ways, notably when he was twice ‘strangled’ down the leg-side and, at Lord’s, attracted a grubber from Mohammad Abbas that smashed into his shin and trapped him palpably LBW. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Billy Ray is getting out ahead of the story, and framing the name change as a reflection of Miley’s place in the pop firmament. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Not long afterward, two dozen Border Patrol agents descended on Roosevelt High School as class was getting out, prompting a confrontation in which the agents deployed pepper spray and arrested four people, including a teacher. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

The families walking down the sidewalks look happy, and the kids getting out of school are laughing and talking. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026