work out of

VERB

escape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avoid depart disappear dodge elude emerge evade flee fly leave run slip slip away vanish

STRONG

abscond bolt circumvent decamp desert double duck elope pass shun skip

WEAK

bail out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away with get off go scot-free make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on steal away take a powder take flight take on the lam wriggle out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appear arrive come confront continue encounter face meet stand stay take on wait walk

STRONG

accept aid assist help

WEAK

capture remain

VERB

lam

Synonyms

STRONG

abscond avoid blow bolt circumvent decamp depart desert disappear dodge double duck elope elude emerge evade flee fly leave pass run shun skip vanish

WEAK

bail out break out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away get away with get off give someone the slip go scot-free make a getaway make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on slip away steal away take a powder take flight take it on the lam take on the lam wriggle out

Antonyms

STRONG

accept aid appear arrive assist come come in confront continue encounter face help meet remain stand stay stop take on wait walk

Example Sentences

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Reliever Lena Elkins couldn’t work out of the jam.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

The curtailing of perks, from offsites to travel, is happening amid an AI push that employees say seems aimed at squeezing more work out of fewer people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The company’s technology helps with the drafting of briefs and takes some of the manual work out of document analysis.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

I think you just get so much better work out of them that way.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

One of Kaztauskis’s fellow workers had a different way of looking at it: “They get all the blood out of those cattle and all the work out of us men.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

work out of

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