ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS: get out - Part 1 | How To Improve Your English Vocabulary

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ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS: Get Out

1. Get out
2. Get (Something / Someone) out
3. Get out (of Something / Someone)

* Note: a noun or pronoun can be used between "get" and "out."

MEANING:

1. to become known; leak out; to be revealed.
2. to produce, create, or publish something.
3. to say something with difficulty.
4. you go to places and meet people, and enjoy yourself.
5. ​to leave or go out of a place, an organization or a commitment.
+ to depart, flee, or escape.
6. to rescue, remove, or extricate someone from a troublesome, difficult, unpleasant, or burdensome situation or circumstance.

EXAMPLE:

If you won't keep quiet you can get out!

/ɪf jʊ woʊnt kip ˈkwaɪət jʊ kən gɛt aʊt/

Definition, examples of English phrasal verbs: to get out

1. ​to become known; leak out; to be revealed.

If word got out now, a scandal could be disastrous.

2. ​to produce, create, or publish something.

We need to get this report out by Friday.

3. to say something with difficulty.

Please, let me get the words out before I lose my nerve!

4. you go to places and meet people, and enjoy yourself:

We don't get out much since we had the children.

5. ​to leave or go out of a place, situation, circumstance, an organization or a commitment.

I'll get out when you stop at the traffic lights.

I wanted to get out of the group, but they wouldn't let me.

5.2. to depart, flee, or escape.

It is still unclear how the dogs got out.

We must face up to our responsibilities and not try to get out of them.

6. to rescue, remove, or extricate someone from a troublesome, difficult, unpleasant, or burdensome situation or circumstance.

Would you help me get out this splinter?

Get the kids out of here before they get hurt!

Listen, speak and repeat the sentences:

1. get out meaning: ​​to become known; leak out; to be revealed: 03:06

• News got out that we were coming.
• I don't want it to get out that I'm leaving before I've had a chance to tell him/Anthony.
• If this kind of news gets out, civil servants will be queuing up for a transfer.
• How did word get out? We tried so hard to make sure she didn't know about the surprise party.
• She mentally whispered the last part, as if she didn't want her secret getting out.
• If the government doesn't get these facts out there now, more people will die.

2. ​get out meaning: to produce, create, or publish something: 04:40

• How soon can we get out the next issue of the magazine?
• Will we get the book out by the end of the year?
• He was desperate to get The Winds of Winter out before Game of Thrones season six aired in spring 2016.

3. get out meaning: to say something with difficulty: 05:30

• She managed to get out a few words of thanks.
• I had my mouth full and couldn't get out the words.
• He tried to say it before he died, but he couldn't get it out.
• I was supposed to sing in the talent show, but once I saw how many people were in the audience, I couldn't get a note out.

4. get out meaning: you go to places and meet people, and enjoy yourself: 06:40

• Get out and enjoy yourself, make new friends.
• You ought to get out of the house more.
• We don’t get out much, as we have a young baby.

5. get out meaning: ​to leave or go out of a place, situation, circumstance, an organization or a commitment: 07:20

+ to leave a closed vehicle, building, etc:

• I'll get out when you stop at the traffic lights.
• Hold the door open so that I can get out.
• The driver stopped the car at the side of the road and got out.

+ to leave or go out of a place:

• I want you to pack up your things and get out!
• I told him to leave and get out.
• They ran to the fire exits in a desperate attempt to get out.
• Get out of my way or I'll ride you down!
• You must not get out of the car when it is in motion.
• He felt too lazy to get out of bed.
• If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
• We need to get out of here before the police show up!
• Getting out of bed in winter is one of life's hardest mission.

+ ​to leave or go out of a situation, circumstance (you withdraw from it):

• It's easy to fall into a trap, but hard to get out again.
• Love is hard to get into, but harder to get out of.
• It's amazing what people will do to get out of paying taxes.
• Getting out of the contract would be no problem.

+ to depart, flee, or escape.

• They probably wanted to get out of the country.
• He was determined to get out of prison.
• Some of the animals had got out.

6. get out meaning: to rescue, remove, or extricate someone from a troublesome, difficult, unpleasant, or burdensome situation or circumstance: 10:59

• Get the kids out of here before they get hurt!
• Please help me get this splinter out.
• When you run into trouble, you can always rely on your parents to get you out.
• You can't always rely on your parents to get you out of trouble with the law.
• I hope my friend finds a way of getting me out of this stupid dinner party.
• The embassy is committed to getting out its citizens who have been impacted by the conflict in the region.