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get-out
[ get-out ]
noun
- Commerce. the break-even point.
- 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
- to leave or escape or cause to leave or escape: used in the imperative when dismissing a person
- to make or become known; publish or be published
- tr to express with difficulty
- troften foll byof to extract (information or money) (from a person)
to get a confession out of a criminal
- tr to gain or receive something, esp something of significance or value
you get out of life what you put into it
- foll by of to avoid or cause to avoid
she always gets out of swimming
- tr to solve (a puzzle or problem) successfully
- cricket to dismiss or be dismissed
noun
- an escape, as from a difficult situation
- theatre the process of moving out of a theatre the scenery, props, and costumes after a production
Word History and Origins
Origin of get-out1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
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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