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get out from under

get out from under verb: to escape from a debt.

Verb

get out from under (third-person singular simple present gets out from under, present participle getting out from under, simple past got out from under, past participle (UK) got out from under or (US) gotten out from under)

  1. (intransitive) To escape from a debt.
    • With all this debt, I don't know how we'll ever get out from under.

Forms of get out from under

third-person singular presentgets out from under
present participlegetting out from under
pastgot out from under
past participle UKgot out from under
past participle USgotten out from under

Questions about get out from under

What does get out from under mean?
Get out from under means to escape from a debt.
What part of speech is get out from under?
Get out from under is a verb.
What is the past tense of get out from under?
The past tense of get out from under is got out from under.

Words near get out from under in the dictionary

  1. get one's ya-yas out
  2. get oneself together
  3. get onto
  4. get open
  5. get out
  6. get out from under
  7. get out of
  8. get out of bed on the wrong side
  9. get out of Dodge
  10. get out of here
  11. get out of it

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