get out of en · VERB
Meanings
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To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
I can't get out of this notion that she may have known all along.
Only movie criminals get out of handcuffs.
All the occupants managed to get out of the burning building.
Did you see them blowin’ up Grant’s bridge, love? Now how all them people gonna get out of Kentucky?
2015, M. Hurley, “Charona”:
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To circumvent some obligation.
Don't try getting out of our dinner party. You're coming!
Is there any way I can get out of Saturdays?
I only cheat so I can get out of doing work.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gets out of | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| getting out of | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gotten out of | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| got out of | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got out of | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
get out of here · get out of town · get out of it
Relateds
Synonyms
get around (circumvent an obligation)
Translations (7)
es salirse de (Translations) · pl opuszczać (Translations) · es ponerse fuera de (Translations) · eo eliĝi (Translations) · pl wyjechać (Translations) · pl wyjeżdżać (Translations) · pl opuścić (Translations)