got out

verb

past tense of get out
1
as in spread
to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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2
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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3
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 Renee stopped their red SUV in the street and honked her horn to warn people about the operation while Becca got out and started recording video with her cellphone. — Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The 37-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, later pulled over on the side of the interstate, got out of his car and pulled out a gun, police said. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 But Sale got out of that momentary jam with a strikeout — his seventh of the game at that point — of Realmuto. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Before last Sunday’s 35-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium got out of hand, the run game found success in the first half, leading to extended Dolphins drives that helped Miami keep the ball away from the talented 49ers offense. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 Fortunately for the Television Academy, before criticism of this year’s NBC ceremony could reach any sort of critical mass, word got out that Amazon’s Prime Video is in talks to take over the Emmycast. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 They would be left stranded, however, as Hoffman and lefty Anthony Gose got out of the jam. — Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026 Word got out about the giant antlers, and eventually reached collector James Martin. — Scott Einsmann, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026 The wounded officer got out of his patrol vehicle and returned fire. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got out
  1. spread
  2. escaped
  3. published
  4. circulated
  5. fled
  6. printed
  7. came out
  8. ran away
Verb
  • Autumn marks the beginning of the annual flu season, when more people begin to congregate indoors and viruses spread faster.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The predominant suites—all of which have generous outdoor space—are spread across four buildings whose Indonesian names translate to mountain, hill, plateau and valley.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • On a scramble of roughly 20 yards, Katz escaped the pocket, broke tackles and juked defenders in the open field to extend the drive.
    — D’Joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The game itself was one of the best contests of the regular season, as Clark and Cunningham escaped Atlanta with an overtime victory, avenging their earlier losses to Reese and the Dream earlier in the season.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of escaped
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  • And while The Atlantic has published largely skeptical coverage of major AI companies and their products’ impact on society, Thompson’s tone, in his podcasts and LinkedIn posts, has been more optimistic.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • There was another surge in the 1990s, due largely to the effort of Connecticut native Jim Beloff, who published a series of popular ukulele songbooks and also helped design sleek new ukulele models called The Fluke and The Flea.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of published
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  • Murmurs have circulated among California state workers about bedbugs returning to the Department of Education’s headquarters, where an infestation this summer resulted in employees temporarily working from home.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • April Leonard, a former social media manager for the city, had her name and picture circulated online after the city’s official X account posted a controversial joke about Butker.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of circulated
Verb
  • Bethea fled the scene and reportedly made no attempt to report the crash, according to court records.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • According to police, the suspect was a white male who had a bike and fled the scene.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of fled
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  • Greeting the audience at the entrance is Rilke’s poem, printed on a transparent panel; visible just beyond is Goldin+Senneby’s large-scale, amber Resin Pond (2006), made with two tons of pine tree resin spilling across the gallery.
    — Vivienne Chow, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Printing to 16mm All the footage, regardless of which camera format it was shot on, was printed to 16mm film stock and then digitized for the edit.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of printed
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  • That came out of, in part, speaking to so many people in our field and just in the city in general about what needs there are in the ecosystem, one of which is that space is a scarcity.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Whatever electronic gremlins the first models came out with have long been sorted.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of came out
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  • On Wednesday, Tampa International Airport police were called to step in when Milania, 20, reportedly became emotional and ran away from her reality star mom, older sister, Gia Giudice, and a counselor traveling with the family.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Cecilia Zandalasini scored 22 points, Gabby Williams added 20, and the second-seeded Golden State Valkyries ran away from the Dallas Wings by halftime for a 104-80 win in the teams' playoff opener Sunday night.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of ran away

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“Got out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20out. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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