get-out

Meanings

1. 1
   phrase

   US informal, in like all get-out: to an extreme degree or with great speed or force

   The frightened horse ran like all get-out toward the open gate.

2. 2
   noun

   an opportunity, excuse, or loophole that allows escape from an obligation or difficulty

   The cancellation clause gave either side a convenient get-out.

3. 3
   noun

   the dismantling and removal of scenery and equipment after a stage or studio production

   The crew completed the get-out before midnight.

A noun formed from the phrasal verb get out. The escape sense is transparent, while theatrical use names the process of getting equipment out of a venue. The American expression all get-out, recorded in the nineteenth century, intensifies a comparison: fast, loud, or hard to the utmost degree.

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