get out from under
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This just has to do with optimizing shareholder benefits and trying to get out from under threats from the administration.
From Slate • Sep. 22, 2025
"My guess is that this was so he could get out from under Elon," Smith said.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2025
The issue of officer accountability is key to the city being able to get out from under a federal consent decree that has lasted 12 years and cost the city more than $200 million.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 5, 2024
Yes, there were challenges, money was extremely tight, but I had a plan to get out from under all this debt… I could do it!
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 31, 2023
I said, trying to get out from under his arm.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
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