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Difference between Get out of it and Snap out of it

get out of it

1. escape from a difficult or awkward situation:

  • They wanted us to go lunch. I did my best to get out of it.

2. (coll.) is used to tell a person not to talk nonsense:

  • Get out of it! You can’t expect me to believe that!

snap out of it—(coll.) free oneself from a state of depression by an effort:

  • For heaven’s sake, Lucia, snap out of it and act like a human being.

Note: The expression is not antonymous in meaning to the phrase snap to it—(coll.) start moving or working quickly:

  • I want those bricks moved; come on, snap to it!