Is there such a rule:
get out of the car = get out the car
out the bag = out of the bag???
Recently I've come across some British native speaker video, he wrote idiom:
"let the cat out the bag". I commented that there should be the preposition "of".
But he answered "You'll see that 'of' preposition dropped in all sorts of 'out of' expressions. E.g 'Get out the car!'".
So now I don't understand. Does this "rule" really exist and I can drop "of" in 'out of' expressions?
Best Answer
These are different phrasal verbs. "To get out of (something)" means, variously,
and others. Meanwhile, to "get out (something)" can mean:
and others.
Because these verbs have different meanings, it's important to memorize them as if they were separate verbs, and learn to use them in the appropriate context. Yes, certain (British) dialects do drop the prepositions from these phrasal verbs, but unless you also use the other phrases characteristic of the dialect, it won't sound right and can be confusing to the listener.
As in your example, "Get out the car!" to mean "quickly exit the vehicle" makes sense when issued in the right context. By itself, however, it sounds like you're asking me to take out the car from something like a garage, so we can go for a nice drive.