get out of

Verb

Meaning

To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
All the occupants managed to get out of the burning building.
Only movie criminals get out of handcuffs.
I can't get out of this notion that she may have known all along.

To circumvent some obligation.
Don't try getting out of our dinner party. You're coming!
I only cheat so I can get out of doing work.
Is there any way I can get out of Saturdays?

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Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini? Robert Benchley

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. English Proverb

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. American Proverb

His horse's head is too big, it cannot get out of the stable. French Proverb

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