out (from under someone or something)
- out (from under someone or something)
*out (from under someone or something)
1. Lit. out from beneath someone or something. (*Typically:
be \out (from under someone or something)
; get\out (from under someone or something)
; crawl \out (from under someone or something)
; creep \out (from under someone or something)
; move \out (from under someone or something).) •
Will you please get out from under my bed?
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The dog got out from under her just before she sat down.
2. Fig. free of someone's control or the burden of a problem. (*Typically:
be \out (from under someone or something)
; get\out (from under someone or something)
; crawl \out (from under someone or something)
; move \out (from under someone or something).) •
Mary wanted to get out from under her mother.
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There is so much work to do! I don't know when I'll ever get out from under it.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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