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

When the victim got out to take a photo of the driver, Angstadt became enraged, hit the gas pedal and sped toward him, police said. —Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025

Prosecutors said the woman tried to get out of the vehicle, but James grabbed her and sped away, running stop signs and red traffic lights before getting onto a freeway. —Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025

Avoiding Setbacks Due to Stubbornness and Lack of Perspective Many founders squander growth potential through an unwillingness to get out of their own way. —Serenity Gibbons, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2025

In Benin, a program brought together farmer and pastoralist communities to spread the word about looming dry spells because drought meant herders would sometimes bring their animals to graze on other people’s farms, and conflicts would get out of hand. —Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 18 Feb. 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