gets out

verb

present tense third-person singular of get out
1
as in spreads
to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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2
as in escapes
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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as in publishes
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 gets out Once word gets out, nabbing center-orchestra seats (already going for over $300 apiece at press time) might feel like a minor miracle. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2026 Tommy Edman hits a three-run home run and Tanner Scott gets out of a ninth-inning jam in a 6-5 win over the Washington Nationals with Shohei Ohtani out. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 The problem arises when anger becomes a fixation and gets out of control. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Video shows Rocky did eventually return to his own yard, and a child holding a blanket can be seen chasing the dog before a woman gets out of a black SUV parked in the road. — Katie Houlis, CBS News, 9 May 2026 In the initial script, Becket gets out of jail with Ruth, who had given birth to their child while he was incarcerated, waiting for him. — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026 Texas leads when government gets out of the way—AI for prosperity, not control. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026 Invent a drinking game to keep guests interested if the game gets out of hand. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026 The secret gets out After a season at Southern Miss in 2019, Faulkner’s big break finally came when Kirby Smart hired him to coach quarterbacks at Georgia — 20 years after the two men first met. — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets out
  1. spreads
  2. escapes
  3. publishes
  4. circulates
  5. flees
  6. prints
  7. comes out
  8. flies
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  • And when the healthcare system is flawed to its core and disinformation about alternative treatments spreads rapidly online?
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Omnivore’s reissue of the first of these, for its 30th anniversary, spreads the original album across three sides with a new remix from Falkner himself, then adds four bonus tracks (a studio outtake song and three four-track demos) for Side 4.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of spreads
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  • At the end, however, Mary escapes the train and is given a second chance to live.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The cost of a homegrown tool, including an error that escapes into production, say on a manufacturing line or in a financial services security breach, is huge.
    — Dan Faulkner, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of escapes
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  • Although the Florida Division of Elections publishes data that include only active voters on their site, the Herald included active and inactive voters in all calculations and graphics, since inactive voters are still eligible to cast ballots.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Screencaps, which publishes seven-days-a-week, is a mix of sports, pop culture, and emails from sane readers from around the world.
    — Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of publishes
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  • Although flu circulates year-round, cases typically increase in the fall and winter months.
    — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Thick layers of grease, food splatters, and burned-on food can block airflow and vents and reduce how well heat circulates.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of circulates
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  • Cora, the granddaughter of a woman kidnapped from West Africa and sold into slavery, flees her captor’s plantation, plunging her into the book’s alternate steampunk reality where she is pursued by the merciless slave catcher Ridgeway.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026
  • As the dust settles, John flees, but Zoe comes with a gun to finish off Hal in the rubble.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of flees
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  • This printer prints nine pages per minute for both black and color, and 10 seconds for images.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In duplication or mirror mode, the machine prints up to four identical parts simultaneously, effectively quadrupling batch output without needing to ramp up raw print speed.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of prints
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  • What follows moves from the raw repair-cost numbers, into the plan math, into who actually comes out ahead, and finally into the maintenance habits that shift the odds without eliminating them.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Now, smart underwear is making a case for paying closer attention to what comes out of your body.
    — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of comes out
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  • FlyDubai, owned by the Emirati government, flies 10 round trips a day.
    — Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Life cycle Female apple maggot flies lay 300 to 500 eggs over their 30-day life span.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
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“Gets out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20out. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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