Get to : be able to (American English)

Here is yet another use of the word ‘get’. Although its use in this context is probably of American origin, British and other natives have adopted it, and you will hear it wherever English is spoken.

American English: ‘I want out’

The expression ‘I want out’ means ‘I want to stop doing this’ ‘I want to get out of this situation’ or ‘I want to abandon (give up) it’ It is common in American English, and not much used in the UK. It is not a ‘phrasal verb’. The word ‘out’ has become in this expression [...]