get out

verb, intj, noun — 18 senses

get out

verbalso spelled get-out
13 senses
  1. 1To leave or escape.
  2. 2To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
  3. 3To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
  4. 4To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
  5. 5To help (someone) leave.
  6. 6To take (something) from its container or storage place…
  7. 7To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note…
  8. 8To become known.
  9. 9To spend free time out of the house.
  10. 10To publish or make available; to disseminate.
  11. 11To say with difficulty.
  12. 12To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
  13. 13To end.
1

To leave or escape.

  • In case of fire, get out by the nearest exit.
  • You have to get out on a bull to succeed in a rodeo.
1 more example
  • ‘It is grim reading,’ he said. ‘I fear their end was cruel. Listen! We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They have taken the Bridge and second hall. Frár and Lóni and Náli fell there. Then there are four lines smeared so that I can only read went 5 days ago. The last lines run the pool is up to the wall at Westgate. The Watcher in the Water took Óin. We cannot get out. The end comes, and then drums, drums in the deep. I wonder what that means. The last thing written is in a trailing scrawl of elf-letters: they are coming. There is nothing more.’ Gandalf paused and stood in silent thought.1954, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=LRD9EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT434:
2

To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.

  • Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
3

To be released, especially from hospital or prison.

  • He's been in prison for six months, but he gets out next week.
4

To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.

  • I think copper prices will plummet this fall, so I'm getting out while I can.
5

To help (someone) leave.

  • We must get the children out first.
6

To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.

  • Get the playing cards out and we'll have a game of snap.
  • It's time to get the Christmas decorations out.
7

To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)

  • I'll get out at the end of the road and walk from there.
8

To become known.

  • Somehow the secret got out.
  • We have to act before that fact gets out on us.
9

To spend free time out of the house.

  • You work too hard. You should get out more.
10

To publish or make available; to disseminate.

  • The organization has just gotten their newsletter out.
  • This candidate is struggling to get her message out.
11

To say with difficulty.

  • He could hardly get the words out for the tears.
12

To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).

  • This detergent will get most household stains out.
13

To end.

  • School gets out in the afternoon.
Synonyms
exit, go out, remove, take out, extract, transpire
Derived terms
get-out
Troponyms
get out of, GTFO, nope out, peace out

get out

intj
1

Literally Commanding a person to leave.

  • Get out! I never want to see you in here again!
2

Indicating incredulity.

  • "Giants in armour, sir. Hundred feet high. Three legs and a body like 'luminium, with a mighty great head in a hood, sir." "Get out!" said the lieutenant. "What confounded nonsense!".1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 91:
3

Ireland, UK, Slang Expressing disapproval or disgust, especially after a bad joke.

  • Just get out.
Related terms
as all get out, get away, get out of here, get out of it, get out of town

get-out

noun

Etymology Deverbal from get out.

1

Informal An opportunity to escape from an undesirable situation, such as a legal loophole.

  • "[T]he authorities will say they were sorry to be a bit late, but there are technical difficulties in making adequate arrangements. That's the regular kind of get-out, isn't it?"1953, John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes, page 162:
2

The dismantling and removal of equipment, scenery, etc. when leaving a theater or television studio at the end of a production.

  • […] it is therefore prudent to include the get-out costs in the production budget rather than as an accrual in the running budget.2014, Julius Green, How to Produce a West End Show:
  • […] ensuring everything is ready for the company's get-in, including the get-out of the previous production […]2016, Susan Cooper, Staging Dance, page 103:
Related terms
as all get-out, get off, get-out clause, get out of, get-out-of-jail-free card

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