Akademik

get out
verb
1. move out of or depart from (Freq. 31)
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leave the room

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the fugitive has left the country

• Syn: ↑exit, ↑go out, ↑leave
• Ant: ↑enter (for: ↑exit)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑leave (for: ↑leave), ↑exit (for: ↑exit)
• Hypernyms: ↑move
• Hyponyms:
↑go, ↑go away, ↑depart, ↑pop out, ↑file out, ↑hop out, ↑get off, ↑fall out, ↑step out, ↑eject, ↑undock, ↑log out, ↑log off
• Verb Group: ↑leave, ↑go forth, ↑go away
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s something

2. take out of a container or enclosed space (Freq. 9)
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Get out your best dress—we are going to a party!

• Syn: ↑bring out
• Hypernyms: ↑unpack, ↑take out
• Hyponyms: ↑winkle, ↑winkle out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

3. move out or away (Freq. 3)
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The troops pulled out after the cease-fire

• Syn: ↑pull out
• Ant: ↑pull in (for: ↑pull out)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pullout (for: ↑pull out)
• Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑go forth, ↑go away
• Verb Group: ↑chicken out, ↑back off, ↑pull out, ↑back down, ↑bow out
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s PP

4. express with difficulty (Freq. 2)
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I managed to get out a few words

• Hypernyms: ↑state, ↑say, ↑tell
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s that CLAUSE

5. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
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She gets away with murder!

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I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities

• Syn: ↑get off, ↑get away, ↑get by, ↑escape
• Derivationally related forms: ↑escape (for: ↑escape)
• Hypernyms: ↑avoid
• Hyponyms: ↑evade
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

6. bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a cover
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draw a weapon

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pull out a gun

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The mugger pulled a knife on his victim

• Syn: ↑draw, ↑pull, ↑pull out, ↑take out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑drawer (for: ↑draw)
• Hypernyms: ↑remove, ↑take, ↑take away, ↑withdraw
• Hyponyms: ↑unsheathe
• Verb Group:
↑draw, ↑take out, ↑extract, ↑pull out, ↑pull, ↑pull up, ↑draw out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something PP

7. be released or become known; of news
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News of her death broke in the morning

• Syn: ↑break, ↑get around
• Hyponyms: ↑leak, ↑leak out
• Verb Group:
↑unwrap, ↑disclose, ↑let on, ↑bring out, ↑reveal, ↑discover, ↑expose, ↑divulge, ↑break, ↑give away, ↑let out
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.