get+out

  • 1get out — {v. phr.} 1. Leave or depart. * / Get out of here! the teacher shouted angrily to the misbehaving student./ * / Driver, I want to get out by the opera. / 2. To publish; produce. * /Our press is getting out two new books on ecology./ 3. To escape; …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2get out — {v. phr.} 1. Leave or depart. * / Get out of here! the teacher shouted angrily to the misbehaving student./ * / Driver, I want to get out by the opera. / 2. To publish; produce. * /Our press is getting out two new books on ecology./ 3. To escape; …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3get-out — /get owt /, n. 1. Com. the break even point. 2. Chiefly Brit. a method or maneuver used to escape a difficult or embarrassing situation; cop out: The scoundrel has used that get out once too often. 3. as all get out, Informal. in the extreme; to… …

    Universalium

  • 4Get Out — may refer to: *Get Out (board game), the earliest board games published by Cheapass Games *Get Out (album), an album by Capercaillie *Leave (Get Out), a song by JoJo …

    Wikipedia

  • 5get-out — get ,out adjective MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL allowing you to avoid an obligation or a difficult situation: a get out clause as all get out AMERICAN MAINLY SPOKEN used for emphasizing how strong a quality or behavior is: as boring/smart/mean/pretty… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 6get-out — [get′out΄] n. escape from an unpleasant situation ☆ all get out Informal the extreme degree, quality, etc. [big as all get out] …

    English World dictionary

  • 7get out — [v] escape alight, avoid, beat it*, begone, be off, break out, bug off*, buzz off*, clear out, decamp, depart, dodge, duck, egress, evacuate, evade, exit, extricate oneself, flee, fly, free oneself, go, hightail*, kite*, leave, make tracks*, run… …

    New thesaurus

  • 8get out of — ► get out of contrive to avoid or escape. Main Entry: ↑get …

    English terms dictionary

  • 9get out — index quit (evacuate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 10get-out — to indicate a high degree of something, attested from 1838 …

    Etymology dictionary