get out of

get out of
{v. phr.} 1. To be excused from; avoid. * /He got out of jury duty because of his illness./ 2. To gain from; extract from. * /Tom complained that he didn't get anything out of the course on grammar./

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  • get out — {v. phr.} 1. Leave or depart. * / Get out of here! the teacher shouted angrily to the misbehaving student./ * / Driver, I want to get out by the opera. / 2. To publish; produce. * /Our press is getting out two new books on ecology./ 3. To escape; …   Dictionary of American idioms

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