get-out
Verbs
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(v) move out of or depart from
- leave the room
- the fugitive has left the country
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(v) take out of a container or enclosed space
- Get out your best dress--we are going to a party!
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(v) move out or away
- The troops pulled out after the cease-fire
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(v) express with difficulty
- I managed to get out a few words
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(v) bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
- draw a weapon
- pull out a gun
- The mugger pulled a knife on his victim
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(v) be released or become known; of news
- News of her death broke in the morning
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(v) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- She gets away with murder!
- I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities