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to get out

to get out

∞ 1.0
Take something out of a container like a box or cupboard
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡɛt aʊt/
translation icon : sacar (de)
  • "We would like to be able to get the plastic out," he explains.
  • get out the plastic

It's not worth the struggle of trying to get them out in intact.

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Examples

  • And maybe you should get the hell out of my life and not come back.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • And now I have to get out all my stuff.

  • Can they get it out?

    Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

  • Please get me out of here!

    Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023)

  • Or you can do this report and get the whole thing out of the way.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Mikey, you gotta get April out of here, now!

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

  • I went in the bathroom and got that towel out of the dirty clothes hamper.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Frances, run to the house and get my ladder out of the shed.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You have to use bolt cutters to get these out of their little cages.

  • You have to get out the toys from the box before we can play with them.

Synonyms

to pull
vsto get out
∞ 1.0

To move something toward you using force, often to remove it

means taking out but without requiring movement toward oneself
to take out
vsto get out
948 1.9

To remove something from a place or container

focuses specifically on physical removal from an enclosed space
to pull out
vsto get out
523 2.7

To take something out of a place, often with effort

describes general removal without implying pulling or force
to let out
vsto get out
344 1.1

Allow someone or something to leave a place

describes removing an item from inside something, not permitting exit
to draw
vsto get out
270 1.0

Pull something out of a place or container

refers to taking out without stressing the pulling motion
to unload
vsto get out
125 2.6

Take things or people out of a vehicle like a truck

applies to single-item removal from an enclosed space, not cargo focus
to drive out
vsto get out
70 3.8

Force someone or something to leave a place

is about taking an item out of an enclosed space without force
to bring out
vsto get out
61 1.6

Take something out of a cupboard or closet

is the same meaning but is the simpler neutral phrasal form
to eject
vsto get out
32 4.2

Force someone to leave a place

describes ordinary removal from a container without compulsion or force
to extricate
vsto get out
22 7.6

Free a person or thing from something that traps them

concerns physical removal from inside an enclosed space instead of freeing
to force out
vsto get out
6 4.2

To push something out with effort or pressure

refers to neutral removal without implying force or expulsion
to evacuate
vsto get out
5 5.0

To take out what is inside a container so it becomes empty

covers taking out single items rather than fully emptying a space
to lift out
vsto get out
5 2.7

To take something out by picking it up, often carefully or with a tool

describes removal generally, not specifically by lifting or care
to winkle out
vsto get out
  • Informal
9.1

To get someone or something out with effort

is about ordinary removal without stressing effort or difficulty

Antonyms

to put in
989 1.7

Place something inside another thing or space

to store
463 1.0

To put something away to use later

How Removed

to extract
166 3.9
to get out
∞ 1.0
to pull out
523 2.7

Surface Forms

get out infinitive
getting out present participle
gets out third person singular
got out past
got out past participle

Morphology

get + out

The sense 'to become known' is directly derivable from combining 'get' (to come to a state/arrive) with 'out' (into the open/public). This particle-verb composition (information getting 'out' into the public) is a transparent, cross-linguistically common metaphor, so a B1 learner who knows both words would likely infer the meaning.

Etymology

Get out, literally get and out, comes from the simple picture of putting your hand into a box and bringing something out into the open. That's why it means 'to take or bring something out of a container or enclosed space'.