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work out of

VERB

escape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

avoid depart disappear dodge elude emerge evade flee fly leave run slip slip away vanish

STRONG

abscond bolt circumvent decamp desert double duck elope pass shun skip

WEAK

bail out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away with get off go scot-free make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on steal away take a powder take flight take on the lam wriggle out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

appear arrive come confront continue encounter face meet stand stay take on wait walk

STRONG

accept aid assist help

WEAK

capture remain

VERB

lam

Synonyms

STRONG

abscond avoid blow bolt circumvent decamp depart desert disappear dodge double duck elope elude emerge evade flee fly leave pass run shun skip vanish

WEAK

bail out break out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away get away with get off give someone the slip go scot-free make a getaway make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on slip away steal away take a powder take flight take it on the lam take on the lam wriggle out

Antonyms

STRONG

accept aid appear arrive assist come come in confront continue encounter face help meet remain stand stay stop take on wait walk

Example Sentences

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Reliever Lena Elkins couldn’t work out of the jam.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

“If you assume it will work out of the box, it probably won’t,” says Rohan Varma, who leads the team at OpenAI that builds its coding tool, Codex.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The downside is that they work out of necessity.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 13, 2026

For much of the month, the Dodgers’ dominant rotation had been able to work out of similar late-inning jams.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

Not long ago I had a piece of glass work out of my head.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote

work out of

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