Phrasal Verbs: 5 ways to use “GET OUT” in English

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This information can't get out.
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Okay, here we go.
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Yeah.
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Hey, everyone.
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Thanks for clicking.
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And welcome to this lesson on five ways to use the phrasal verb "get out".
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As you know, phrasal verbs can have multiple meanings, and this is one of them.
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So I'm going to give you five usages, five definitions of "get out", as well as at least
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two examples per usage, so that you will have a clear understanding of the various ways
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you can use "get out".
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And if you enjoy this lesson and you want some similar content, maybe you want a PDF,
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an e-book, or a physical book such as 100 Practical English Phrasal Verbs - see the
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link attached to this video - you can pick that up, and also check out the number of
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resources that I have on EnglishAlex.com.
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You'll have free resources, some that you can purchase, and one of them is 100 Practical
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English Phrasal Verbs.
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So pick up the book, let me know if you like it, and let's get on with the lesson.
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So "get out".
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The most common definition, the most common usage of "get out" is to leave, exit, or escape
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a place, or usually bad situation.
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So usually we're talking about leaving, exiting, okay, a place, but you can also use it to
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talk about leaving or escaping a usually bad situation.
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Let's look at the example sentences as I walk over, and almost trip over myself.
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Okay, so "get out of the car", okay, so here is a command, maybe your friend is giving
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it to you because they're really, you know, they don't want to be late for wherever you're
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going.
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Like, come on, stop playing with your phone, get out of the car, let's go.
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And like I said, a bad situation, she just got out of a bad relationship.
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Now what you'll notice with "get out", a very common extension, a common preposition that
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goes after "get out" is "of".
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So you get out of a place, get out of a bad situation.
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So get out of trouble, for example.
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Next, let's look at this definition.
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So to force or help someone leave, exit, or escape a place, or usually bad situation.
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So this is, the structure of this one is to get someone out, okay?
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So you help that person, or maybe you force that person out of a place or a situation.
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For example, get him out of my house, now.
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So maybe this is a father and his daughter or his son, they brought home a boyfriend/girlfriend,
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in this case it would be a boyfriend, and they say, "I don't like this guy", or he saw
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him do something that he didn't agree with, and he said, "Get him out of my house, now."
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Next, she got him out of trouble.
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So her friend was in trouble, she helped him get out of trouble.
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She helped him to leave that situation, leave that problem.
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You can, you know, help someone get out of jail or prison, for example, if you pay money,
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or maybe you do a prison break, which that would be a movie, and I don't think you would
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do that.
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Anyway, so let's keep going.
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Next, so get out, to leave your house and enjoy yourself.
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This is similar to go out, a very common sentence, this is kind of advice that people give to
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their friends or colleagues, family members, you need to get out more, okay?
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You stay in your house all day, you watch TV, you play on your phone, and you're starting
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to look a little pale, you're not healthy, maybe, and you say you need some fresh air,
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you need to get out more.
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Leave your house, go do something, enjoy yourself, out of your house.
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Next example, I need to get out this weekend, like I need to leave, like I'm stuck at home,
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I have been, imagine you're working at home all week, and you haven't left your house,
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and you say, I need to get out this weekend.
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So it's similar to go out, right?
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To see your friends, or just leave your home and have a new experience, enjoy yourself.
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Next, you can see it better if I go this way, I'm going to trip over myself today, guys.
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You see what I'm working with?
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This is a wire over here.
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All right, so to remove something from a bag, container, etc., it's the same as to take
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something out, right?
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So I can take out or get my phone out of my pocket.
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So example, please get your homework out.
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So your teacher, if you are going to a class, they might say, please get your homework out
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of your bag, right?
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So show me your homework, get it out of your school bag.
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Another example, get that gum out of your mouth, right?
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So take it out of your mouth.
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Maybe a parent to a child, maybe a teacher to a student, I mean, depending on where you
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are in the world, some parents will find that rude if a teacher says that to their son or
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daughter, like get that gum out of your mouth.
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It's a little strong, but maybe a parent to a child would say that, right?
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So get that out, take that out of your mouth.
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Finally, number five, to make secret information public.
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So for example, news of their divorce got out quickly.
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So someone found out that they were getting divorced, maybe this is a celebrity divorce,
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and suddenly somebody from the TMZ website, like a popular paparazzi website, news website,
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celebrity news website, gets the information and posts it, and the information spreads
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very quickly.
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News of their divorce got out quickly.
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It was a secret, and now it's getting out.
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The information was secret, now it's not secret, it's getting out.
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Next, make sure this information doesn't get out.
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So this could be a boss, right, who's telling something very secret to his managers or her
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managers, and it's very secret because maybe they're saying, okay, the company only has
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enough money to survive another three months.
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Only you know this, and you know this.
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I'm telling you because I trust you, make sure this information doesn't get out.
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All right, so one more time.
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To leave, exit, or escape a place, or usually bad situation.
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To force someone or help someone to leave or escape a bad situation.
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To leave your house and enjoy yourself, like to go out.
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To remove something from a bag or container, and to make secret information public.
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So as you can see, this is a very versatile phrasal verb with a lot of different usages.
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Now I hope, now that you have watched this video, you feel more comfortable with it,
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and that you have some examples that you can remember, okay?
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The key to learning vocabulary, to learning phrasal verbs, really is getting those sentences
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that make it clear in your mind.
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So please, I hope you got some of that today.
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check out the quiz on www.engvid.com.
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And if you'd like to buy a copy of 100 Practical English Phrasal Verbs, which has over 900
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examples, 100 phrasal verbs, this being one of them, get out.
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Over 20, well, not over, exactly 20 context-based lessons.
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