to get the word out
31
3.2
- phrasal verb
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- She used social media to get the word out about the upcoming charity fundraiser.
It's worth trying to get the word out.
- It's worth trying to get the word out.
- My, my, my purpose, driven to, to get the word out that you need to embrace your suffering.
- So in order to get the word out, you've got to do social media.
- That little moment where you click subscribe really helps us get the word out there about what we're doing.
- And he's been just amazing about Dopamine Nation and trying to help me, you know, get it, get the word out and and get it read.
- They're just trying to find interesting angles to approach distribution and, you know, getting the word out for your movie.
- And that's where I usually get the word out about whatever sort of meet ups or mixers I'm trying to put together.
- But we by going to the then finance minister and then getting we, we said, how are we going to get the word out?
- The question is like, like, how do they get the word out?
Examples
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Invite people to come several weeks beforehand, making sure to get the word out in as many ways as possible.
Academic text (2004) -
The primaries are coming up and I want you to get the word out about voting.
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I love your work and I love getting the word out about the journey home because we need it.
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Well, how do we get the word out to our people?
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Best ideas I have right now for getting the word out about you ...
Blog text (12) -
"I love the movie, and I want to get the word out as much as possible."
Blog text (2) -
And we can still all get the word out to our military.
Blog text (5) -
Page it Forward is using social media tools to get the word out.
Blog text (16) -
That little moment where you click subscribe really helps us get the word out there about what we're doing.
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I just think we need to get the word out to potential backers.
Blog text (15)
Synonyms
∞
1.5
To tell people officially about something, often in public
255
3.6
Publish something like a book or magazine for people to buy
252
3.5
Tell people about a product to increase sales
103
3.9
To spread information or documents among people
94
4.0
Make something known to many people using news or social media
81
3.0
To make news or information known to many people
68
3.1
Tell many people about something so they know
53
4.4
To promote something with exaggerated, flashy advertising to get attention
48
6.8
To spread information or ideas widely so many people know them
47
2.6
Tell many people about something so they know it exists
37
3.5
To help more people know about a problem or cause
23
5.9
Spread ideas, news, or feelings to many people
21
4.2
To make an idea, activity, or subject known and liked by many people
8
3.7
Make secret information known to the public
3
7.4
Actively promote a product or idea to get people to use it
2
3.4
To tell important news to many people in public
To tell many people about something so they know it
To make something well known by giving it a lot of media attention
Antonyms
How Widely
- Literature
484
2.9
94
4.0
68
3.1
31
3.2
∞
1.0
220
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to inform a large number of people' is directly derivable from combining 'get' (cause/bring about), 'word' (a piece of information) and 'out' (to the outside); the phrase literally means cause the information to go out. This follows a standard English causative + particle composition (and has clear cross-linguistic parallels like 'spread the word'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.
Etymology
Get the word out gives the picture of sending a message away from you: you get the word out by telling many people or putting up signs so the news spreads. That's why it means 'to inform a large number of people'.