GETTING OUT Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

getting out

verb

present participle of get out

as in spreading

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

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as in escaping

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 publishing

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 getting out And while more oil is getting out, freedom of navigation in Hormuz has not been restored, McNally said. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 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

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The arrests deepen concerns about press freedom in Egypt, where authorities have repeatedly accused journalists and government critics of Brotherhood ties or spreading false news.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Instead of spreading yarn spinning, knitting, and dyeing across different locations, the Guatemalan plant brings the entire process together in one place.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of spreading

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Without a quorum, agency staffers are limited to collecting and publishing campaign finance reports, answering questions from candidates about the law and fielding new complaints.

— Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
The volume of results stunned many mathematicians, while the way OpenAI has gone about tackling the problems and publishing the solutions divided the field.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of publishing

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Following these reports, concerns are circulating about what exactly caused the death and quarantine — and just how worried the rest of the world should be.

— Renée Onque, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
The petition was launched Saturday after photos began circulating online and among students that allegedly show messages from the group chat.

— Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of circulating

Verb

In 2009, two Israeli tank shells exploded immediately outside Al-Fakhoora, which was crowded with families fleeing an Israeli ground offensive.

— Mosab Abu Toha, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
As expected, the animals became anxious, either fleeing the threatening odor or freezing in place.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

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People were manually creating labels for raw materials using Microsoft Paint, printing them on paper, then using Excel spreadsheets to track where materials were located.

— Jerry Dolinsky, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Scientists at the University of Hong Kong have developed a potential recipe for 3D-printing houses on Mars using ground-up Martian rock, gelatin, and yeast, with the latter two ingredients coming from Earth.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of printing

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Still, the fact that a movie is coming out that will get people talking about our relationship to Facebook and Instagram feels significant in its own right.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Police said security camera footage showed the man believed to be the suspect entering the hotel with the victim and coming out alone.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026

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