get out
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.03 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "In case of fire, get out by the nearest exit."
- "You have to get out on a bull to succeed in a rodeo."
- "‘It is grim reading,’ he said. ‘I fear their end was cruel. Listen! We cannot get out. We cannot get 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 read went 5 days ago. The last lines run the pool is up to the wall at Westgate. The Watcher in the Water took Óin. We cannot get 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."
- "Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
- "He's been in prison for six months, but he gets out next week."
- "I think copper prices will plummet this fall, so I'm getting out while I can."
Usage
- Intransitive verb
- Transitive verb
- British usage
- Slang