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 days that Maria Hamilton has trouble just getting out of bed, wracked by the trauma of losing her son a decade ago. —John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2024

Ther’'s always a song in your heart waiting to get out. —Cady Lang, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024

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