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

That's a large sum of money that someone could use to get out the country. —Anne-Marie Green, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2025

Some of the prisoners apparently were hoping to get out in time to drop by the inaugural balls. —Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2025

Still said the family had about five minutes to get out the door. —Ryan Kellman, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025

Silk Road founder gets out of prison Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the website Silk Road, appears in an undated photograph made from his computer and presented as an exhibit during his 2015 criminal trial in New York federal court. —Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 25 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