got out

verb

past tense of get out
1
as in spread
to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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2
as in escaped
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance

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3
as in published
to produce and release for distribution in printed form a romance novelist who got a new book out every year

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Recent Examples of got out Motorists, fed up with the second malfunction of the week, got out of their cars and lifted the arms so others could drive under, either venturing into or out of the Folsom Boulevard commuter traffic. — Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 When the Nissan's occupants stopped to check on him, Tanaka allegedly got out of his vehicle with a handgun and fired at least one round into the car's windshield. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Renee stopped their red SUV in the street and honked her horn to warn people about the operation while Becca got out and started recording video with her cellphone. — Tim Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 The 37-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, later pulled over on the side of the interstate, got out of his car and pulled out a gun, police said. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 But Sale got out of that momentary jam with a strikeout — his seventh of the game at that point — of Realmuto. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Before last Sunday’s 35-13 loss to the San Francisco 49ers at Levi’s Stadium got out of hand, the run game found success in the first half, leading to extended Dolphins drives that helped Miami keep the ball away from the talented 49ers offense. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 Fortunately for the Television Academy, before criticism of this year’s NBC ceremony could reach any sort of critical mass, word got out that Amazon’s Prime Video is in talks to take over the Emmycast. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 They would be left stranded, however, as Hoffman and lefty Anthony Gose got out of the jam. — Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got out
  1. spread
  2. escaped
  3. published
  4. circulated
  5. fled
  6. printed
  7. came out
  8. ran away
Verb
  • That’s $280 billion from firms like Singapore’s Bitdeer, Australia’s Graphinex, Belgium’s UCB, South Korea’s Korea Zinc, and Japan’s Isuzu Motors, spread across more than 345 projects.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The company’s new Aura software measures hive health, pollen counts, and pesticide prevalence across its 2,200 hives spread around more than 70 cities.
    — Drew Robb, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of spread
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  • Shawn Curtis and his dog Lux escaped through Curtis' bedroom window when waves overtook his apartment.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026
  • That, to me, is the main reason why machine learning escaped a scientific crisis.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of escaped
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  • In its latest Global Financial Stability Report, published Tuesday, the IMF acknowledged hedge funds' role in supporting market liquidity and efficiency.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The base employed around 1,300 military and civilian personnel, including roughly 1,070 military members, according to October 2025 figures published by the Town of Wainwright.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of published
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  • From here, heated water is circulated to fan coil units (FCUs) to circulate warm air throughout the poultry house.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • But some immigration advocates feel the reforms did not go far enough and have not been circulated widely.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of circulated
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  • Prosecutors leveled new allegations during a bail hearing Friday, accusing the couple of almost never allowing the children outside and claiming that Zhang previously fled the country to avoid an abuse allegation.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In the border city of Ayolas, across the Paraná River from Ituzaingó, more than 2,000 people have fled their homes, Mayor Carlos Duarte told a local radio station Friday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of fled
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  • Quirky touches include plaid upholstery, fabric door-pull straps and a removable storage basket 3D-printed from bio-plastic and wood.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Look for a Box Maker’s Certificate printed on the bottom of the box.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of printed
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  • Introduced in 2001, the shoe came out of Harajuku’s creative movement and quickly became a cultural touchstone.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Ever since his days as an architect of the southern-soul sound that came out of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in the 1960s, the songwriter and legendary session musician has built his career on innately understanding what a song needs.
    — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of came out
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  • Amazon and Google ran away with the smart speaker market in the late 2010s, leaving the iPhone maker with just a slice of the market.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Bass blasted his kick and ran away to celebrate before the officials signaled it good.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of ran away

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“Got out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20out. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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