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get-out en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Deverbal from get out.

Meanings

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.
   • […] 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:
   • […] 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:

Forms

Antonyms

get-in

Coordinates

cop-out

Hypernyms

out

Relateds

get out of · get-out-of-jail-free card · get-out clause · get off · as all get-out