get out
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
(LEAVE)
B1 to leave a closed vehicle, building, etc.:
I'll get out when you stop at the traffic lights.
More examples
- Hold the door open so that I can get out.
- Do you want to get out?
- The driver stopped the car at the side of the road and got out.
- I banged my head as I was getting out of the car.
- They ran to the fire exits in a desperate attempt to get out.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Boarding and alighting from modes of transport
- aboard
- alight
- bestride
- board
- climb
- debark
- deplane
- disembark
- dismount
- eject
- embark
- get
- get off (sth)
- get on (sth)
- hop
- in
- mount
- settle
- straddle
(VISIT PLACES)
C1 to go out to different places, spend time with people, and enjoy yourself:
We don't get out much since we had the children.
(BECOME KNOWN)
If news or information gets out, people hear about it although someone is trying to keep it secret:
I don't want it to get out that I'm leaving before I've had a chance to tell Anthony.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- blow/take the lid off sth idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- dob sb in
- emerge
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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