Get out means to leave or exit a place: a car, a house, a room. It can also mean that a secret or piece of news becomes known even though people tried to keep it quiet: the news got out.
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get out (of + place) (leave, exit); news/secret/word + get out (become known)
- As soon as the car stopped, the children got out and ran towards the playground.
- Could you get out of the car here? I can't stop outside the station.
- Somehow the news of the merger got out before the official announcement.
What changed
First versionPlease leave from the car, we've arrived.
RevisionPlease get out of the car, we've arrived.
It's natural to expect a preposition after leave, as in leave from the car. But leave is used without any preposition — leave the house, leave the office — while for a car or taxi, the usual phrase is get out of: get out of the car.
Get away usually means to escape from danger or an unpleasant situation, or to go off somewhere to relax: We need to get away for the weekend. Get out means to leave a specific place: I couldn't get out of the lift for twenty minutes.
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The fire alarm went off, and everyone had to ___ of the building immediately.
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get out — Everyone needed to leave the building immediately, so get out fits. Get away doesn't work here: it's usually followed by from rather than of, and it's more about escaping or having a break than evacuating a building.
Describe a time you needed to leave a place urgently. Say where from and why.
Halfway through the film, my son suddenly felt sick, so we had to get out of the cinema as fast as we could.
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