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.
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The money doesn't seem too insane either, a,s without immediate details, $23 million guaranteed doesn't seem too difficult to get out of early — if necessary.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Francis didn't get out of the car but gave a bouquet of flowers to the basilica's cardinal to place in front of the Salus populi Romani icon.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
That’s a tough spot to be in, having not played in nearly three weeks, and when Utah scored just two minutes later on a power-play blast from Dylan Guenther (one of the players who crashed into Mrázek), there was every opportunity for the game to get out of hand.
—Max Bultman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
However, under the present system, one of the department’s 14 officers qualified as drone pilots must drive to the scene, get out of the patrol vehicle and unload the equipment before launching, Provence said.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Francis didn't get out of the car but gave a bouquet of flowers to the basilica's cardinal to place in front of the Salus populi Romani icon.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
That’s a tough spot to be in, having not played in nearly three weeks, and when Utah scored just two minutes later on a power-play blast from Dylan Guenther (one of the players who crashed into Mrázek), there was every opportunity for the game to get out of hand.
—Max Bultman, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
However, under the present system, one of the department’s 14 officers qualified as drone pilots must drive to the scene, get out of the patrol vehicle and unload the equipment before launching, Provence said.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Get (someone) out of (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20%28someone%29%20out%20of%20%28something%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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