Being in the garden gets us out of the house (3)
I believe the answer is:
hoe
'being in the garden' is the definition.
'hoe' can be an answer for 'garden' (to garden could mean to hoe). I'm not sure about the 'being in the' bit.
'us out of the house' is the wordplay.
'out of' indicates named letters should be taken away ('out of' can mean no longer having).
'house' with 'us' taken out is 'HOE'.
'gets' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hoe that I've seen before include "Weed" , "Tool for loosening soil and scraping up weeds" , "Plymouth - -" , "Purple gem" , "Garden tool with a flat blade" .)