GETTING OUT Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

getting out

verb

present participle of get out

as in spreading

to become known news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media

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as in escaping

to get free from a dangerous or confining situation tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance

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as in publishing

to produce and release for distribution in printed form a romance novelist who got a new book out every year

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Recent Examples of getting out His team already seems a bit frustrated with him, but that also could be Domantas Sabonis’ way of getting out of Sacramento. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Bootcap goes on the toe of ski boots to create an insulation barrier and prevents cold from getting in and heat from getting out. — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 The official teaser for the fourth and final season of Yellowjackets teases the survivors home at last, and haunted by the price of getting out alive. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 LePage acknowledged that getting out the vote is what will make the difference. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 And while more oil is getting out, freedom of navigation in Hormuz has not been restored, McNally said. — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 But surveillance footage reviewed by another deputy showed the Mustang arriving at the parking lot without anyone getting out before deputies arrived, per the citation. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026 Roson said the girl remained calm after getting out from beneath the truck. — Eva Andersen, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Gay had also developed an unwelcome habit of getting out in unfortunate ways, notably when he was twice ‘strangled’ down the leg-side and, at Lord’s, attracted a grubber from Mohammad Abbas that smashed into his shin and trapped him palpably LBW. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting out

Verb

The combination also reduced the hazard of cancer spreading to distant sites or death by 38%.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
Now, Rue Simmons is spreading the nation’s first municipal reparations program to more than 100 communities across the country.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of spreading

Verb

And announcing a move is not the same thing as escaping the tax.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
The court found that the directive to fast to death was implemented by targeting children first, while guards were deployed to prevent them from escaping, beating those who attempted to escape or eat.

— Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of escaping

Verb

West Point implemented a rule in early 2025 that sought to bar civilian and military professors from publishing papers, speaking at conferences or appearing on podcasts without seeking approval from superiors.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
These portals dominate the national landscape, publishing listings from most local and regional multiple listing services and enabling buyers to search for places around the corner or across the country.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of publishing

Verb

With little information circulating about the duo, the anonymity surrounding February’s Album only adds to its sense of mystery.

— Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Unlike existing treatments that primarily neutralize IgE circulating in the bloodstream, the company aims to detach IgE from immune cells.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of circulating

Verb

Bomfim is accused of fleeing to Brazil on July 12, the day after the child’s mother discovered the footage.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the loser in Brazil’s presidential elections Sunday, arrived in Miami on Wednesday after fleeing his home country in a secretive mission that has drawn speculation and controversy.

— Florencia Cabral, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026