get-out
See also: get out
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- (informal) An opportunity to escape from an undesirable situation, such as a legal loophole.
- 1953, John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes, page 162:
- "[T]he authorities will say they were sorry to be a bit late, but there are technical difficulties in making adequate arrangements. That's the regular kind of get-out, isn't it?"
- The dismantling and removal of equipment, scenery, etc. when leaving a theater or television studio at the end of a production.
- Antonym: get-in
- 2014, Julius Green, How to Produce a West End Show:
- […] it is therefore prudent to include the get-out costs in the production budget rather than as an accrual in the running budget.
- 2016, Susan Cooper, Staging Dance, page 103:
- […] ensuring everything is ready for the company's get-in, including the get-out of the previous production […]