to get out something
I found a sentence "MICHAEL gets out a book." (from a film script). Is the expression "to get out something" often used like this?
Some suggestion of a better or more colloquial sentence?

Question

to get out something
I found a sentence "MICHAEL gets out a book." (from a film script). Is the expression "to get out something" often used like this? 
Some suggestion of a better or more colloquial sentence?

Answer

Yes. In class, I tell my students all the time, "Get out your books."

It has the same meaning as, "Take out your books." in that case.

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Yes, I agree with Johnny - it's a very normal and natural sentence.

For example, if Michael has some books in his bag, he would open his bag and 'get out a book' or 'take out a book'.  There aren't really any 'better' expressions and - because these are phrasal verbs - they are colloquial/informal/everyday English.