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get out of sth

(AVOID) phrasal verb with get
 
 
/ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)

Definition

B2 to avoid doing something that you do not want to do, especially by giving an excuse: I reckon her backache was just a way of getting out of the housework. [+ -ing verb] If I can get out of going to the meeting tonight I will.Avoiding actionLaziness and lazy people
(Definition of get out of sth (AVOID) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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