got out

verb

Definition of got outnext
past tense of get out
1
as in spread
to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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2
as in escaped
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance

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3
as in published
to produce and release for distribution in printed form a romance novelist who got a new book out every year

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for got out
  1. spread
  2. escaped
  3. published
  4. circulated
  5. fled
Verb
  • Kaitlyn, who teaches third grade, is already spreading her love of Swift to her young charges.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
  • With these conditions, wildfires could spread very quickly.
    Max Golembo, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of spread
Verb
  • After Thompson was gunned down, police said, Mangione ran off, rode into Central Park on a bike, ditched it on the Upper West Side, then took a taxi to the Port Authority bus terminal near the George Washington Bridge and escaped from the city.
    Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Police said the suspect escaped the scene on an electric Citi Bike and headed towards Central Park.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of escaped
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  • Yesterday, Out published Dumont’s first public comments on the matter.
    James Factora, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The Tax Notes investigations team recently published a series of articles on private placement life insurance, a type of life insurance that is only available to wealthy investors.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of published
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  • The authorities say the weapon appeared to match the one seen in grainy surveillance video of the killing that circulated widely.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Even before his name was known, many on the internet zeroed in on his appearance just based off the blurry photos in the poster the FBI circulated last week.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of circulated
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  • As the pandemic hit the city, Ball fled to an island in the Bahamas where his father has a home.
    Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
  • From surveillance video, New York investigators determined the shooter quickly fled the city, likely by bus.
    Michael R. Sisak and Mark Scolforo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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