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getting the word out

getting the word out is the present participle and gerund of get the word out.

Meaning of get the word out

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.

Questions about getting the word out

What is getting the word out the present participle and gerund of?
Getting the word out is the present participle and gerund of get the word out.

Words near getting the word out in the dictionary

  1. getting the thumb
  2. getting the vapors
  3. getting the vapours
  4. getting the wall
  5. getting the wind up
  6. getting the word out
  7. getting the worst of it
  8. getting the wrong idea
  9. getting there
  10. getting through
  11. getting through one's head

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