Questions & Answers about Wir müssen hier raus.
Where is the main verb? Shouldn't there be a word like gehen (to go) at the end?
You can add gehen, but you don't have to! In German, when a modal verb like müssen (must/have to) is used with a clear directional word like raus, the verb of motion (gehen, kommen, etc.) is usually dropped. Wir müssen hier raus sounds very natural and complete on its own.
What is raus short for in this sentence?
raus is the common, everyday spoken form of either heraus (out towards the speaker) or hinaus (out away from the speaker). In modern spoken German, people almost always shorten both of these directional adverbs to just raus.
Why doesn't the German sentence say von hier to mean "out of here"?
English uses the preposition "of" in the phrase "out of here", but German doesn't need one. The combination hier raus directly expresses the entire idea of moving out of your current location. Adding a preposition like von would sound unnatural here.
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