get out

phraseA22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To get out is to leave or escape from a place. Sometimes calmly, sometimes at speed.

It works as a command, and shouting at somebody to get out is unambiguous. There are several extensions: getting out of a duty means avoiding it, getting out more means having a social life, and news that gets out has leaked. The noun a get-out is an excuse, and a get-out clause is the part of a contract that lets somebody escape it.

Definitions of get out

1phraseget outTo leave or escape from a place.A2
“Everybody had to get out through the side door.”
2phraseavoidTo avoid an obligation.B2
“He always finds a way to get out of the washing up.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 3 of A Man Called Ove.

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get out

phraseA22 meaningsNot compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To get out is to leave or escape from a place. Sometimes calmly, sometimes at speed.

Definitions of get out

1phraseget outTo leave or escape from a place.A2
“Everybody had to get out through the side door.”
2phraseavoidTo avoid an obligation.B2
“He always finds a way to get out of the washing up.”

Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 3 of A Man Called Ove.

Practise this word