got out

past tense of get out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of got out Debose got out on a $10,000 bond due to the choices of a magistrate in that pursuit case, but Hartig was still handling the proceedings. Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 30 Aug. 2025 Word got out and, even before The Public Eye was released, Jerry was cast as Paul House, the murderer in Woody Allen’s Manhattan Murder Mystery — a role every bit as big as Diane Keaton’s, Alan Alda’s or Angelica Huston’s. Howard Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025 The Patriots got out ahead of roster cuts by announcing 14 transactions on Friday. Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 22 Aug. 2025 The two occupants got out of the plane and first responders took them to a command post at Holiday Park, Kane said. Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got out
Verb
  • Controlling a fire means ensuring that the fire can't spread or cross the containment line.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Ten Hag’s first season at United yielded silverware and a third-place league finish, but also had bouts of concerning away form, with tactical weaknesses that would eventually spread and critically undermine his plans for the future.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two 12-year-old girls escaped the fire.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Families escaped to calm waters for canoeing, hiking, and long afternoons spent idling on the shore.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The study was initially published in 2023 but has been updated as of May 2025.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Slate That means that there have been design tweaks to the vehicle, many of which remain unseen on prototypes that have been circulated at brand and model discovery events, called Slate to State, that are being hosted throughout the country.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • To force a House vote, Massie and Khanna circulated a petition among their colleagues.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The vehicle that Routh had fled in — the black Nissan Xterra — also bore a license plate that was not registered to the car, according to the court filing.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Twelve days after Smith fled, authorities received a call that two men had been shot while on a hunting trip near Kiana.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Campau printed the inserts on a special shimmery, purple, holographic paper with mini bios of each girl, complete with quotes and their star signs.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The new closures were decided upon after the district printed and recently delivered annual school calendars to students and their families, officials said.
    Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • School was out for the holiday break, and nearly 90 firefighters from the surrounding communities came out to fight the blaze.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The Raiders came out of the gates firing on all cylinders, marching 66 yards down the field on six plays and scoring on a 26-yard touchdown pass from Geno Smith to Tre Tucker.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And by the time the city got around to planning for big improvements in the 1980s, the park was shut down by the federal Environmental Protection Agency.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Manfred never got around to mentioning that the other day.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025

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“Got out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20out. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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