get (someone) out of (something)

idiom

1

: to cause or help (someone) to leave or escape from (a place)

The firemen managed to get him out of the burning building alive.

2

: to help (someone) to avoid doing (something)

My sister said she could get me out of going to the party if I really didn't want to go

3

: to cause (someone) to stop having (a habit)

All the extra work I've been doing has gotten me out of the habit of exercising.

4

: to cause (someone or something) to stop being in or involved in (something)

The company has decided to get itself out of the computer business.

She got her money out of the stock market.

Examples of get (someone) out of (something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His son Justin Mitchell had cerebral palsy and needed help to get out of bed. —Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025

Heroin is a slow deep wet kiss with your own image without bothering to get out of the chair to look in the mirror. —Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025

Although Fresh Start is over, defaulted federal student loan borrowers may still have options to get out of default, such as through rehabilitation or Direct loan consolidation. —Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025

After a New York appeals court rejected yet another last-ditch effort by Trump to get out of the sentencing, Trump asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to intervene on his behalf. —Ivana Saric, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025