get out
verb
got out; got out or gotten out; getting out; gets out
2
: to become known : leak out
their secret got out
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
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Mitchell stopped the car and both of them got out, then Mitchell hit Hill in the head and body with a bat, according to deputies.
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Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
The last two batters might as well have ducked out the way on strike three, nervous that Winter’s 90-something mph fastball was headed straight for their shoulders, only to be greeted with the break of a slider good enough to get out professional hitters.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2025
Officers are seen getting out, moving Taylor to the ground and arresting him.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Rossi got out of the car and threw his gloves down to the ground.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
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Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 26 May 2025
The last two batters might as well have ducked out the way on strike three, nervous that Winter’s 90-something mph fastball was headed straight for their shoulders, only to be greeted with the break of a slider good enough to get out professional hitters.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 26 May 2025
Officers are seen getting out, moving Taylor to the ground and arresting him.
—Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Rossi got out of the car and threw his gloves down to the ground.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
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“Get out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20out. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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