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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
He is under contract to Red Bull until the end of 2028, but has performance-related get-out clauses if he wants to leave.
Ms Brown urged Sir Keir to remove a "blatant get-out clause" for tech companies, as well as to prevent illegal material being shared in private communications.
But they could employ a whole range of other get-out clauses within the FOI rules - known as “exemptions” - to either refuse release or to redact the papers down to blank pages.
The Fight for $15 campaign, meanwhile, accused the board of letting McDonald's walk away "with a get-out of-jail-free card after illegally retaliating against low-paid workers who were fighting to be paid enough to feed their families" in a statement posted on X.
At least one union believes this caveat is actually a get-out clause, and is still seeking clarification on what rights employers will have to refuse regular contracts, and to refuse requests for flexible working or compressed hours.
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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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