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get-go
get in
get into
get off
get off with
get on
get out
get-out
get out of
get over
get through
get to
get together
get-together
get-tough
get up
get-up-and-go
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get out of
get out of


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
avoid or let somebody avoid something: to avoid doing or having to experience something, or enable somebody to avoid something
He got out of paying for the meal.
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