| 单词 | to get out from under |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get out (stand, etc.) from under c. to get out (stand, etc.) from under, to escape or get away from a dangerous or awkward situation. colloquial (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > escape from threat swip?c1225 startc1330 to miss of ——a1665 to get out (stand, etc.) from under1861 1857 Chicago Times 6 Oct. To enable me to stand from under the present crash, I shall offer my entire stock for the next 30 days at a great sacrifice.] 1861 Cincinnati (Ohio) Commercial 24 Apr. (heading) Stand from under. 1875 Scribner's Monthly Nov. 124/2 The system is rotten..and, if the nation cares for its life, the quicker it gets ‘out from under’ the better. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Punch, Brothers, Punch! (1878) ii. 16 You make up your mind that the earthquake is due; you stand from under, and take hold of something to steady yourself. 1891 ‘L. Malet’ Wages of Sin iv. i Let those that love not discourses stand from under! 1916 Literary Digest 8 Jan. 88/2 The next to ‘get from under’. 1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin iii. 35 Shouts of ‘stand from under!’ and empty bags came from the deck above. 1938 New Statesman 20 Aug. 298/2 The extension of anti-Semitic persecution in the business field [in Germany] has probably led to a certain amount of ‘getting out from under’ sales by Jews. 1951 H. McCloy Alias Basil Willing xiv. 178 I'll get out from under by going to the police myself before anyone else. 1966 ‘H. Calvin’ Italian Gadget ix. 143 Maybe you'll come some day... If I ever get from under Count Capucci. 1974 ‘J. Ross’ Burning of Billy Toober xvi. 157 I'll buy you a dinner when I get out from under. < as lemmas |
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