get-out

plural get-outs

1. informalAn opportunity to escape from an undesirable situation, such as a legal loophole.

   "[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?"

   1953, John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes, page 162

2. The dismantling and removal of equipment, scenery, etc. when leaving a theater or television studio at the end of a production.

   […] ensuring everything is ready for the company's get-in, including the get-out of the previous production […]

   2016, Susan Cooper, Staging Dance, page 103

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   […] it is therefore prudent to include the get-out costs in the production budget rather than as an accrual in the running budget.

   2014, Julius Green, How to Produce a West End Show

   Antonyms: get-in