Read full poem →"How dare you obstruct the King's highroad,
You saucy varlet, get out of my way."
Then he gave the fool a cut with his whip
Dictionary Entry
To leave or escape.
In a Sentence
“In case of fire, get out by the nearest exit.”
Origin
From Old English *gietan* ‘to obtain’ combined with out.
Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “get out”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →The largest boy walked up to him. “We don’t want you in our school, sissy.
Get out of our school!” He punched David in the stomach. David bent over
and as he did, the boy brought his knee up into David’s face. David fell.
Read full poem →The other people didn’t get out of the car. Grandfather wiggled a finger
at me. Somebody opened a door and I climbed out and walked toward
Read full poem →I get out of a clown like this
More than your wisdom can provide.*
Read full poem →a wink bum-nothing and money fuzzily mouths take big wobbly foot-steps
every goggle cent of it get out ears dribbles soft right old feller
belch the chap hic sum- more eh chuckles skulch. . . .
Read full poem →youngest one went to the sack and untied it. The Tur-
keys were very anxious to get out. They made a big
cackling noise, scratched the young coyotes, and made
Read full poem →When Richard went to mill --
And then, I wanted to get out,
But something held my will.
Read full poem →“« Oh, get out! Come along!”
Read full poem →"Not you! Oh, where's my hat? Oh, I don't need it!
I must get out of here. I must get air.
I don't know rightly whether any man can."
Read full poem →Just hook them on the inside of the pitcher.
Now run.—-Get out your documents! You see
I have to keep on the good side of Anne.