GOT OUT Synonyms: 103 Similar and Opposite Words

got out

verb

past tense of get out

as in spread

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

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as in escaped

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 published

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 got out Soon afterward, the Ohio State Highway Patrol says the 20-year-old got out of his Toyota Avalon on the shoulder of Interstate 70 and stepped into westbound lanes of traffic. — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 Adames also committed an error on a routine grounder in the bottom of the seventh that could’ve spelled disaster, but Houser got out of the inning unscathed. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 Multiple suspects got out of the Honda and opened fire, police said. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026 Officer Matt Pesta said the boy got out of the vehicle, leaving the relative in and his sister behind. — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026 Court records show Reynoso parked a short distance away, got out of his vehicle, took cover behind a sign and fired at Negroni Feliciano, striking him in the head and killing him. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026 Tawa tacked on a sac fly and Vargas doubled to drive in two before San Diego got out of the inning. — ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026 Lopez and multiple bullpen arms got out of tough jams to limit the Red Sox 16 baserunners across the first nine innings to just two runs, only one earned. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 Harris then got out of the car and pinned Hicks down by the arms, the defense’s filing states. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

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Verb

The squadron has 196 workers spread across five geographically separate units.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
The seed can be spread using a walk-behind or hand-cranked spreader.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of spread

Verb

Perlis’ portrait of the county at the height of the decade suggests a region that had escaped — or at least refused to look at — the worst of America’s turmoil.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Sousa escaped a bases loaded jam in the sixth inducing an inning-ending double play by Nolan Arenado.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of escaped

Verb

The findings were published in the Journal of Applied Physics on September 8.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
The same poll found belief that data centers raise electricity bills jumped from 43% in January to nearly 60% by July—six months before Apollo or Morgan Stanley published a word of this research.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of published

Verb

Stories — real or not — circulated in the 19th and early 20th centuries of White people using Black children as bait while hunting in Florida’s swamps.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the paper was circulated across the company’s dealership network, with many dealers putting a copy of the Independent in the glove box of every new car.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of circulated

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In its wars with the Soviet Union, Finland lost around 11% of its territory, and more than 400,000 people, around 12% of the population, fled their homes from an area that is now in western Russia.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Finland fought several wars with the Soviet Union In its wars with the Soviet Union, Finland lost around 11% of its territory, and more than 400,000 people, around 12% of the population, fled their homes from an area that is now in western Russia.

— Emma Burrows, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of fled

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Well, a new survey came out finding that in the past year more than half of Gen Z respondents have put money intended for investing in sports gambling.

— Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Wyatt came out strong with two touchdowns, including a score by Markavion Toombs, taking an early 14-0 lead.

— Jaxin Harkless, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of came out

Verb

In the season one finale, Ellen and Brian ran away together after Ellen learned that her brother, Colum (Séamus McLean Ross), had broken his promise and tried to have Brian killed.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
The suspect ran away but was taken into custody hours later, Wells said.

— Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026

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