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Verb: get out  get awt
  1. Move out of or depart from
    - exit, go out, leave
     
  2. Take out of a container or enclosed space
    "Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!";
    - bring out
     
  3. Move out or away
    "The troops got out after the cease-fire";
    - pull out
     
  4. Express with difficulty
    "I managed to get out a few words"
     
  5. Bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
    "get out a weapon";
    - draw, pull, pull out, take out
     
  6. Be released or become known; of news
    "News of her death got out in the morning";
    - break, get around
     
  7. Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
    "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities";
    - get off [informal], get away, get by, escape

Derived forms: getting out, gets out, got out

Type of: avoid, go away, go forth, leave, move, off [informal], remove, say, state, take, take away, take out, tell, unpack, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Get out