getout (third-person singular simple presentgets out,present participlegetting out,simple pastgot out,past participle(UK)got outor(US)gotten out)
- (intransitive) Toleave orescape.
In case of fire,get out by the nearest exit.
You have toget out on a bull to succeed in a rodeo.
1954,J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien,The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London:George Allen & Unwin,→OCLC, page[1]:‘It is grim reading,’ he said. ‘I fear their end was cruel. Listen!We cannotget out.We cannotget out.They have taken the Bridge and second hall. Frár and Lóni and Náli fell there. Then there are four lines smeared so that I can only readwent 5 days ago. The last lines runthe pool is up to the wall at Westgate. The Watcher in the Water took Óin. We cannotget out.The end comes, and then drums, drums in the deep. I wonder what that means. The last thing written is in a trailing scrawl of elf-letters:they are coming. There is nothing more.’ Gandalf paused and stood in silent thought.
- (intransitive) To come out of a situation; to escape afate.
Never take life seriously. Nobodygets out alive anyway.
- (intransitive) To bereleased, especially from hospital or prison.
He's been in prison for six months, but hegets out next week.
- (intransitive) To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
I think copper prices will plummet this fall, so I'mgetting out while I can.
- (transitive) Tohelp (someone)leave.
We mustget the childrenout first.
- (transitive) To take (something) from itscontainer or storage place, so as to use or display it.
Get the playing cardsout and we'll have a game of snap.
It's time toget the Christmas decorationsout.
- (intransitive) To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car.(Note: for public transport,get off is more common.)
I'llget out at the end of the road and walk from there.
- (intransitive) To becomeknown.
Somehow the secretgot out.
We have to act before that factgets out on us.
- (intransitive) To spendfree time out of the house.
You work too hard. You shouldget out more.
- (transitive) Topublish or makeavailable; todisseminate.
The organization has justgotten their newsletterout.
This candidate is struggling toget her messageout.
- (transitive) Tosay withdifficulty.
He could hardlyget the wordsout for the tears.
- (transitive) Toremove oreliminate (dirt or stains).
This detergent willget most household stainsout.
- (intransitive) To end.
Schoolgets out in the afternoon.
to leave or escape
- Bengali:বেরোনো (bn)(berōnō)
- Esperanto:eliri
- Finnish:lähteä (fi),poistua (fi),paeta (fi)
- French:sortir (fr)
- Galician:escapar,saír (gl)
- German:aussteigen (de)
- Greek:βγαίνω (el)(vgaíno)
- Hungarian:elmegy (hu),elmenekül (hu),távozik (hu)
- Ido:ekirar (io)
- Japanese:出て行く(でていく, deteiku)
- Korean:나오다 (ko)(naoda),나가다 (ko)(nagada)
- Malay:keluar (ms),meninggalkan (ms),terbit,tubik (ms)(both Kelantanese-Pattani)
- Malayalam:പോ (ml)(pō),പുറത്ത് പോകൂ(puṟattŭ pōkū),ഇറങ്ങ്(iṟaṅṅŭ)
- Polish:wychodzić (pl)/wyjść (pl)
- Portuguese:sair (pt)
- Spanish:salir (es)
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to come out of a situation
to be released (hospital, prison ...)
to remove one's money from or to end an investment
to take something from its container
to leave a vehicle such as a car
to spend free time out of the house
to say something with difficulty
to clean, eliminate dirt or stains
getout
- (literally)Commanding a person to leave.
Get out! I never want to see you in here again!
- Indicatingincredulity.
1898,H.G. Wells,The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page91:"Giants in armour, sir. Hundred feet high. Three legs and a body like 'luminium, with a mighty great head in a hood, sir." "Get out!" said the lieutenant. "What confounded nonsense!".
- (UK, Ireland, slang)Expressing disapproval or disgust, especially after a bad joke.
Justget out.
commanding a person to leave
