get out
verb
got out; got out or gotten out; getting out; gets out
2
: to become known : leak out
their secret got out
Examples of get out in a Sentence
news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media
tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance
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Instead, Sue goes all Mama Bear and uses her powers to knock him into the teleporter and then Silver Surfer has a change of heart and knocks him back in when Galactus tries to get out.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Unfortunately, Scott gets trapped there himself during an expedition with no way to get out until ...
23.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Morris argues that the church is using those allegations to get out of paying him and his wife a multimillion-dollar retirement package, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.
—Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
Unfortunately, Scott gets trapped there himself during an expedition with no way to get out until ...
23.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 July 2025
Morris argues that the church is using those allegations to get out of paying him and his wife a multimillion-dollar retirement package, the Star-Telegram previously reported.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2025
The sport of off-roading suffers from a fundamental discordance: The desire to get out into nature and the irreparable harm inherent in the process of off-roading.
—Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for get out
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“Get out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20out. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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