get (someone) out of (something)
idiom
1
: to cause or help (someone) to leave or escape from (a place)
The firemen managed to get him out of the burning building alive.
2
: to help (someone) to avoid doing (something)
My sister said she could get me out of going to the party if I really didn't want to go
3
: to cause (someone) to stop having (a habit)
All the extra work I've been doing has gotten me out of the habit of exercising.
4
: to cause (someone or something) to stop being in or involved in (something)
The company has decided to get itself out of the computer business.
She got her money out of the stock market.
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His wife Ingrid, who met Gómezwhen both were students at Addison Trail High School, joked that her husband may try to use his award to get out of doing laundry at home.
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Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Sanders caught on to the trick that was being played on him by that point, and in the end, the NFL acted swiftly on a Falcons organization that recently hasn’t been able to get out of its own way.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
The thought has always been that the easiest way to get out of the area would've been to go to Highway 360.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In ballparks from Pittsburgh to Seattle to Tampa Bay, fans have implored frugal owners to get out of the baseball business.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Sanders caught on to the trick that was being played on him by that point, and in the end, the NFL acted swiftly on a Falcons organization that recently hasn’t been able to get out of its own way.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
The thought has always been that the easiest way to get out of the area would've been to go to Highway 360.
—Emily Krauser, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In ballparks from Pittsburgh to Seattle to Tampa Bay, fans have implored frugal owners to get out of the baseball business.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for get (someone) out of (something)
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“Get (someone) out of (something).” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20%28someone%29%20out%20of%20%28something%29. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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