get out ofsomething
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
(AVOID)
B2
toavoiddoing something that you do notwantto do,especiallyby giving anexcuse:
Ithinkherbackachewas just a way of getting out of thehousework.
[+ -ing verb]If I can get out of goingto themeetingtonight, I will.
to avoid doing something
- avoidAvoid swimming in areas where sharks are known to congregate.
- evadePlease don’t think I’m trying to evade my responsibility.
- dodgeHe tried to dodge his military service.
- run away fromI didn't often run away from difficult decisions.
- shrink fromI've never been one to shrink from a challenge.
- sidestepThis is not a responsibility you can sidestep.
- She got out ofplayingnetballbyclaimingto haveinjuredherknee.
- There's nopointtryingto get out of it.
- The only way of getting out ofswimminglessonsis to have anotesignedby aparent.
- He'sdesperateto get out of doing thenightshift.
- I've got ameetingonFridayevening, but I'mtryingto get out of it.
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch
(STOP)
to give up orstopahabitor aregularactivity:
I must get out ofthehabitoffinishingpeople'ssentencesfor them.
If you get out of aroutine, it's very hard to get back into it.
Causing something to end
- abandon
- abandonment
- all good things (must) come to an endidiom
- and have done with itidiom
- be over the humpidiom
- draw
- killsomethingstone-deadidiom
- knock
- knock off (something)
- lay
- laysomeoneto restidiom
- lay the ghost ofsomething(to rest)idiom
- lid
- lift
- raise
- staunch
- stem
- stopper
- stranglesomethingat birthidiom
- subdue