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Phrase(s): get something out (of someone or something)
to remove something from someone or something. (See also get something out of someone; get something out of something.) • He probably will be okay when they get the tumor out of him. • Please get that dog out of the living room., Phrase(s): get out
1. [for someone or an animal] to depart to the outside or to escape. • When did your dog get out and run away? • When did he get out of jail? 2. [for information or a secret] to become publicly known. • We don’t want the secret to get out. • The word soon got out that he had a prison record., Phrase(s): get something out
1. Lit. to remove or extricate something. • Please help me get this splinter out. • Would you help me get out this splinter? • The tooth was gotten out without much difficulty. 2. Fig. to manage to get something said. • He tried to say it before he died, but he couldn’t get it out. • I had my mouth full and couldn’t get out the words., Phrase(s): Get out (of here)!
Go away!; Leave this place! • John: I’ve heard enough of this! Get out of here! Bill: I’m going! I’m going! • Where have you been? You smell like a sewer! Get out of here!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Leave, escape, as in With good conduct he'll get out of prison in a few months, or In case of a fire, we just want to get out alive. [c. 1300] This phrase is Also used as an imperative, ordering someone to depart. For example, Get out! You've no business being in here. [c. 1700] Also see GET OUT OF, def. 1. 2. Become known, as in Somehow the secret got out. [Late 1800s] Also see OUT IN THE OPEN. 3. get something out. Publish something, as in Once we get out the newsletter, we can concentrate on other projects. [Late 1700s] 4. Produce a sound, as in The singer had a sore throat and could hardly get out a note. [First half of 1800s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with GET OUT.
American Heritage Idioms