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 Eventually, getting out required a helicopter landing on a rooftop. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 But the gang endured, and after getting out of prison in 2014, Romo seized control of Blythe Street. — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Oil is getting out of the strait – but the number is closer to 4 million barrels per day, according to JPMorgan. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026 For many actors, getting into character isn’t as big of a problem as getting out of one. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 July 2026 There’s a big difference between selecting a film to stream from your bed and getting out of the house, going to a store and talking about movies with a clerk and fellow film enthusiasts. — Rotem Rozental, Fortune, 14 July 2026 Without daylight filtering into the room, getting out of bed suddenly felt much harder than usual. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026 The reason for that may be due to money just moving from one part of the stock market to another, rather than investors getting out entirely. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 7 July 2026 Use your self-cleaning setting regularly to prevent messes from stacking up and getting out of control. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting out

Verb

Early symptoms of measles include fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes, Pennsylvania health officials said, and a rash follows a few days later, starting on the head and spreading downward.

— Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
Three to five days after the start of these symptoms, a red or reddish- brown rash appears, usually starting on a person’s face at the hairline and spreading downward to the entire body.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of spreading

Verb

Wars come and go, Napoleon rises and falls and these two men remain prisoners of a beef neither seems capable of escaping.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Jonathan Bowlan allowed a single and a walk in the eighth before escaping with help from Brandon Marsh’s catch of a foul pop amid the fans in left field.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of escaping

Verb

Textbooks Ken Miller, a professor emeritus of biology at Brown University, has been publishing one of the nation’s most popular biology textbooks for nearly 30 years.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
The referrals were made prior to the watchdog publishing its findings this week.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of publishing

Verb

Miami state senators on the list Donalds’ lieutenant governor shortlist, first reported by POLITICO, has been circulating for weeks, and there are a couple Miami lawmakers on the list that would make sense to announce at the Freedom Tower.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Police also addressed social media posts circulating about who may be responsible for Brooks' disappearance.

— Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of circulating

Verb

Surveillance video from the Cedar Glenn complex showed Brunson, Newman, and another unnamed co-defendant jumping a fence, approaching a Chevrolet Suburban, and fleeing after being confronted by a witness.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Horrifying surveillance video circulating online shows people fleeing before the mudslide hits and a deluge crashes down on them.

— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of fleeing

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By the 1960s innovations in silk screen printing, a process of image transfer that has its origins in historic block printing from China and Japan, made slogan-spreading all the easier.

— Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Street & Smith’s was the originator, printing its first preview yearbook in 1940, but as the sport exploded, so did the market.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of printing

Verb

Fifth-round selection Jaden Dugger is still a raw product coming out of Louisiana, but the 6-foot-4, 240-pound linebacker is getting opportunities in practice to try his hand at a variety of spots.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
One of the hottest debates in the energy industry right now is how much oil is actually coming out of the Persian Gulf, and the answer could determine how long the Iran war lasts.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming out

Verb

After nine consecutive losses against the Minnesota Lynx, the Valkyries finally broke through on Monday night in Minneapolis, setting the tone early and running away with the game late in the fourth quarter en route to a 80-66 win.

— Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Video shows the group, wearing overalls, pulling themselves out from underground and running away.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026