get out
verb
got out; got out or gotten out; getting out; gets out
intransitive verb
1
: leave, escape
doubted that he would get out alive
2
: to become known : leak out
their secret got out
transitive verb
1
: to cause to leave or escape
2
: to bring before the public
especially : publish
Synonyms
- break
- circulate
- come out
- get about
- get around
- get round
- leak (out)
- out
- spread
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Example Sentences
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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First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
get out
verb
1
as in to spread
to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- spread
- circulate
- get about
- get round
- get around
- come out
- out
- break
- unfold
- leak (out)
- reveal
- tell
- develop
- disclose
- transpire
- spill
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hide
- suppress
- conceal
- hush (up)
- mask
- disguise
- secrete
2
as in to escape
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance Synonyms & Similar Words
- escape
- flee
- fly
- run away
- run off
- clear out
- break free
- leave
- avoid
- pull out
- abscond
- lam
- move
- walk out
- take off
- break out (of)
- go
- exit
- evade
- lose
- elude
- depart
- bring off
- shun
- rescue
- quit
- shove (off)
- spring
- decamp
- sally (forth)
- free
- loose
- release
- elope
- extricate
- liberate
- disentangle
- redeem
- loosen
- manumit
- enfranchise
- emancipate
- unbind
- unchain
- unfetter
- uncage
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- hang around
- stick around
- remain
- stay
- dwell
- linger
- abide
- return
- tarry
- come back
3
as in to publish
to produce and release for distribution in printed form a romance novelist who got a new book out every year Synonyms & Similar Words
- publish
- print
- put out
- issue
- come out with
- produce
- copublish
- reprint
- reissue
- contribute
- market
- republish
- syndicate
- manufacture
- edit
- serialize
- distribute
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- suppress
- censor