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get-out

[ get-out ]

noun

  1. Commerce. the break-even point.
  2. Chiefly British. a method or maneuver used to escape a difficult or embarrassing situation; cop-out:

    The scoundrel has used that get-out once too often.



get out

verb

  1. to leave or escape or cause to leave or escape: used in the imperative when dismissing a person
  2. to make or become known; publish or be published
  3. tr to express with difficulty
  4. troften foll byof to extract (information or money) (from a person)

    to get a confession out of a criminal

  5. tr to gain or receive something, esp something of significance or value

    you get out of life what you put into it

  6. foll by of to avoid or cause to avoid

    she always gets out of swimming

  7. tr to solve (a puzzle or problem) successfully
  8. cricket to dismiss or be dismissed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. an escape, as from a difficult situation
  2. theatre the process of moving out of a theatre the scenery, props, and costumes after a production
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of get-out1

First recorded in 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase get out
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. as all get-out, Informal. in the extreme; to the utmost degree:

    Once his mind is made up, he can be stubborn as all get-out.

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Example Sentences

In the era of super PACs, almost everything a campaign does can be outsourced—get-out-the-vote drives, advertising, and the like.

And if the predicted GOP wave comes, get-out-the-vote may not be enough.

Dems have much to learn from North Korean get-out-the-vote campaign.

Grace isn't a get-out-of-jail-free card, but it covers not just a multitude of sins - it covers them all.

Theory 2: Mr Obama owed his victory to his superior get-out-the-vote technology.

Too bad our little pup-party busted up that way, muttered Phil; but we were lucky to gug-gug-get out without anybody getting wise.

I aint goin to have you actin like all get-out, just because Chalmys went and married the gal he loved, disappointin you, thereby.

I got hold of the leg of the table, and held on like all get-out.

D' yu' reckon they find joyful digestion in this swallo'-an'-get-out trough?

If we want to beat Boxer Hall weve got to do some tall hustling, and practice like all get-out!

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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