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
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
Those instances set back the city in its efforts to get out from under federal oversight, local authorities have said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2023
“I can’t tell you how long we’ve been dying to get out from under that woman’s wing. I swear, you’d be doing us a favor.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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