get out from under (someone or something)
get out from under (someone or something)
To escape or extricate oneself from a troublesome, difficult, or burdensome person, situation, or circumstance. Having lost his job in the factory, George didn't know how he was going to get out from under all his debt. I can't wait to go to college and get out from under my controlling parents.
See also: get, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- get out of
- get (oneself) out of (something)
- get (someone) out of (something)
- hold a wolf by the ears
- get out while the gettin’s good
- get out while the getting is good
- get out while the getting’s good
- gettin
- tear loose
- tear loose from someone/something