get out of — leave a place or situation
phrasal verbB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon
to leave a place, vehicle, or a difficult situation.
Say it like a native
Textbook I urgently need to exit this building.
Native I need to get out of here.
'Get out of here' is the natural phrase; 'exit this building' is a fire-drill sign.
Pattern: get out of + noun
In use
- We need to get out of the building quickly in case of fire.travel
- If I could get out of my hometown for a while, I think I would learn a lot from traveling.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ Let's get out from this place.
✓ Let's get out of this place.
It's 'get out OF' somewhere — not 'out from'.
Common collocations
get out of + place— here, the house, the car, town
Don't confuse it
This sense is about physically leaving, not avoiding a responsibility.
Related
- get out of (avoid doing something) — Another meaning of 'get out of' is 'avoid doing something'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.