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

Examples of get out in a Sentence

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

Recent Examples on the Web

There are generally two types of fighters in these brawls: the kind who get in — and push harder — when they’re hit in the face, and those who get out. —Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025

But is that too simplistic a way to think about why dryness leads to fires that can get out of control? —Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025

Video surveillance footage from the complex shows Torres’ Honda Pilot pull into the complex, then the woman is seen getting out of a vehicle not shown on camera and walking toward her door, deputies said. —Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025

And so my wife got out with our passports and that was it. —Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Kids Definition

get out

verb

1

: publish sense 2a

2

: to escape or help to escape

3

: to become known : leak out

their secret got out