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

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And welcome to this lesson on five ways to use the phrasal verb "get out".

As you know, phrasal verbs can have multiple meanings, and this is one of them.

So I'm going to give you five usages, five definitions of "get out", as well as at least

two examples per usage, so that you will have a clear understanding of the various ways

you can use "get out".

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So "get out".

The most common definition, the most common usage of "get out" is to leave, exit, or escape

a place, or usually bad situation.

So usually we're talking about leaving, exiting, okay, a place, but you can also use it to

talk about leaving or escaping a usually bad situation.

Let's look at the example sentences as I walk over, and almost trip over myself.

Okay, so "get out of the car", okay, so here is a command, maybe your friend is giving

it to you because they're really, you know, they don't want to be late for wherever you're

going.

Like, come on, stop playing with your phone, get out of the car, let's go.

And like I said, a bad situation, she just got out of a bad relationship.

Now what you'll notice with "get out", a very common extension, a common preposition that

goes after "get out" is "of".

So you get out of a place, get out of a bad situation.

So get out of trouble, for example.

Next, let's look at this definition.

So to force or help someone leave, exit, or escape a place, or usually bad situation.

So this is, the structure of this one is to get someone out, okay?

So you help that person, or maybe you force that person out of a place or a situation.

For example, get him out of my house, now.

So maybe this is a father and his daughter or his son, they brought home a boyfriend/girlfriend,

in this case it would be a boyfriend, and they say, "I don't like this guy", or he saw

him do something that he didn't agree with, and he said, "Get him out of my house, now."

Next, she got him out of trouble.

So her friend was in trouble, she helped him get out of trouble.

She helped him to leave that situation, leave that problem.

You can, you know, help someone get out of jail or prison, for example, if you pay money,

or maybe you do a prison break, which that would be a movie, and I don't think you would

do that.

Anyway, so let's keep going.

Next, so get out, to leave your house and enjoy yourself.

This is similar to go out, a very common sentence, this is kind of advice that people give to

their friends or colleagues, family members, you need to get out more, okay?

You stay in your house all day, you watch TV, you play on your phone, and you're starting

to look a little pale, you're not healthy, maybe, and you say you need some fresh air,

you need to get out more.

Leave your house, go do something, enjoy yourself, out of your house.

Next example, I need to get out this weekend, like I need to leave, like I'm stuck at home,

I have been, imagine you're working at home all week, and you haven't left your house,

and you say, I need to get out this weekend.

So it's similar to go out, right?

To see your friends, or just leave your home and have a new experience, enjoy yourself.

Next, you can see it better if I go this way, I'm going to trip over myself today, guys.

You see what I'm working with?

This is a wire over here.

All right, so to remove something from a bag, container, etc., it's the same as to take

something out, right?

So I can take out or get my phone out of my pocket.

So example, please get your homework out.

So your teacher, if you are going to a class, they might say, please get your homework out

of your bag, right?

So show me your homework, get it out of your school bag.

Another example, get that gum out of your mouth, right?

So take it out of your mouth.

Maybe a parent to a child, maybe a teacher to a student, I mean, depending on where you

are in the world, some parents will find that rude if a teacher says that to their son or

daughter, like get that gum out of your mouth.

It's a little strong, but maybe a parent to a child would say that, right?

So get that out, take that out of your mouth.

Finally, number five, to make secret information public.

So for example, news of their divorce got out quickly.

So someone found out that they were getting divorced, maybe this is a celebrity divorce,

and suddenly somebody from the TMZ website, like a popular paparazzi website, news website,

celebrity news website, gets the information and posts it, and the information spreads

very quickly.

News of their divorce got out quickly.

It was a secret, and now it's getting out.

The information was secret, now it's not secret, it's getting out.

Next, make sure this information doesn't get out.

So this could be a boss, right, who's telling something very secret to his managers or her

managers, and it's very secret because maybe they're saying, okay, the company only has

enough money to survive another three months.

Only you know this, and you know this.

I'm telling you because I trust you, make sure this information doesn't get out.

All right, so one more time.

To leave, exit, or escape a place, or usually bad situation.

To force someone or help someone to leave or escape a bad situation.

To leave your house and enjoy yourself, like to go out.

To remove something from a bag or container, and to make secret information public.

So as you can see, this is a very versatile phrasal verb with a lot of different usages.

Now I hope, now that you have watched this video, you feel more comfortable with it,

and that you have some examples that you can remember, okay?

The key to learning vocabulary, to learning phrasal verbs, really is getting those sentences

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