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get out of

get out of verb: to leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.

Verb

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

  1. To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
    • All the occupants managed to get out of the burning building.
    • Only movie criminals get out of handcuffs.
  2. To circumvent some obligation.
    • Don't try getting out of our dinner party. You're coming!
    • I only cheat so I can get out of doing work.
    Synonyms:
    get around

get out of meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

get out of in Tamil

கரை

get out of in Malayalam

dodge, evade, shirk
ഒഴിഞ്ഞുമാറുക, തന്ത്രപൂർവ്വം മാറിക്കളയുക, സൂത്രത്തിൽ രക്ഷപ്പെടുക, വെട്ടിച്ചുകടക്കുക, ഒഴിയുക, തെറ്റിമാറുക

Examples of get out of in a sentence

  • I can't get out of this notion that she may have known all along.
  • Is there any way I can get out of Saturdays?

Synonyms of get out of

Forms of get out of

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

Words formed from get out of

Questions about get out of

What does get out of mean?
Get out of means to leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
What is get out of in Tamil?
Get out of in Tamil is கரை. See Get out of meaning in Tamil.
How do you use get out of in a sentence?
I can't get out of this notion that she may have known all along.
What part of speech is get out of?
Get out of is a verb.
What is the past tense of get out of?
The past tense of get out of is got out of.

Words near get out of in the dictionary

  1. get oneself together
  2. get onto
  3. get open
  4. get out
  5. get out from under
  6. get out of
  7. get out of bed on the wrong side
  8. get out of Dodge
  9. get out of here
  10. get out of it
  11. get out of jail free card

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Adapted from Wiktionary: get out of (page history and authors); get out of (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); get out of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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