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get the word out

get the word out verb: to make some information more widely known.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To make some information more widely known.

Forms of get the word out

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

Questions about get the word out

What does get the word out mean?
Get the word out means to make some information more widely known.
What part of speech is get the word out?
Get the word out is a verb.
What is the past tense of get the word out?
The past tense of get the word out is got the word out.

Words near get the word out in the dictionary

  1. get the thumb
  2. get the vapors
  3. get the vapours
  4. get the wall
  5. get the wind up
  6. get the word out
  7. get the worst of it
  8. get the wrong idea
  9. get thee behind me
  10. get there
  11. get this

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