get-out clause

noun

An escape clause.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounget-out clause (plural get-out clauses)

plural get-out clauses

  1. informalAn escape clause.

    Scottish ministers provide a get-out clause for NR's target. It doesn't apply if NR needs to impose speed limits during bad weather, and it doesn't apply if trains run late to provide connections from late trains or ferries.

    2023 March 8, Philip Haigh, “Can Scottish specifications meet ambitious targets?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 58
Cite this entry
APA

get-out clause. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get-out%20clause

MLA

“get-out clause.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get-out%20clause. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get-out clause,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get-out%20clause.

Source: get-out clause on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.