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gotten out

VERB

escape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avoid break out go leave take off

WEAK

alight be off beat it begone bug off buzz off clear out decamp depart dodge duck egress evacuate evade exit extricate oneself flee fly free oneself hightail kite make tracks run away scram shirk shun skedaddle split take a hike vacate vamoose withdraw

Antonyms

STRONGEST

come stay

WEAK

capture grab seize

Example Sentences

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By summer 2024, said Sarah, things had gotten out of control.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

To some, the pessimism surrounding Microsoft’s stock has gotten out of control.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

Harvard could have gotten out unscathed—or even with a small gain—if the school had sold its holdings in early October, before prices dropped.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

In Texas, past bills to legalize sports betting haven’t gotten out of the legislature, while California voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure in 2022 to legalize online sports betting.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

And the area was dis-tinctive enough with its one remaining hut that I could track it down later, after I’d gotten out of Congo and come back after the conflict.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer