get out

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	get out
he/she/it	gets out
present participle	getting out
past tense	got out
past participle	gotten out

1
intransitive used for telling someone to leave
The teacher screamed at him to get out.
get out of:
Get out of my house!
Synonyms and related words
Ways of telling someone to go away
get out
clear out
beat it
1. 1a
  transitive (get someone out) to make another person leave
  Get that man out of my bedroom!
  Synonyms and related words
  To force someone to leave a place
  ethnic cleansing
  social cleansing
  drive out
2
transitive to remove something that is inside or mixed with something else
I washed the shirt twice, but I couldn’t get the stain out.
get something out of something:
Mike got a sliver of glass out of Jenny’s toe.
Synonyms and related words
To remove something
remove
sweep away
take off
3
intransitive to go to different places and spend time enjoying yourself
We don’t get out much, since we have a young baby.
Synonyms and related words
To enjoy something, or to enjoy yourself
enjoy
like
delight in
4
intransitive if something secret gets out, a lot of people find out about it
There was a huge public outcry when the news got out.
get out that:
It quickly got out that Mariel was leaving Danny.
Synonyms and related words
To be, or to become known
come out
get around
leak out
5
transitive to manage to say something
He tried to protest, but couldn’t get the words out.
Synonyms and related words
To start speaking, or to start speaking again
begin
bring up
continue
6
transitive to make something such as a new book available for people to buy
There was the usual rush to get the dictionary out on time.
Synonyms and related words
General words for to produce goods
productise
productize
produce
7
transitive (get someone out) to remove someone from their job, especially from a position of political power
They were confident they could get the Democrats out.
Synonyms and related words
Forcing someone and being forced to leave a job
fire
lay off
retire
8
get out!spokenused for saying you are surprised by something or do not believe it
Synonyms and related words
Ways of saying that you are surprised or shocked
funnily enough
you don’t say
actually
Synonyms and related words
Ways of saying that you do not believe something
are you having a laugh?
yeah, right
no way
9
you get out what you put in
the outcome of anything that you undertake to do depends on the amount of time and energy you are willing to spend on it
When it comes to exercise, you get out what you put in.
Submitted by:
Boris Marchenko from Russian Federation on 07/10/2014
Open Dictionary - October2014

get out

you get out what you put in

get out

you get out what you put in