get away
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
B2 to leave or escape from a person or place, often when it is difficult to do this:
We walked to the next beach to get away from the crowds.
I'll get away from work as soon as I can.
B2 to go somewhere to have a holiday, often because you need to rest:
I just need to get away for a few days.
We've decided to go to hiking in the mountains to get away from it all.
get away (with you)! UK old-fashioned informal US get out!
said when you do not believe or agree with what someone is saying:
"Ralph painted that, you know." "Get away!"
More examples
- I had to get away from the party. It was awful.
- They got away from burning car before it exploded.
- I finally got away from work at eight o'clock.
- We're getting away in January for a skiing holiday.
- By the time the police arrived, the robbers had got away.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Departing
- abandon
- absquatulate
- backward
- be ready to roll idiom
- bog
- desertion
- drive
- go down
- hit
- piss
- push along
- push off
- ready
- run
- run away
- sally
- track
- walk off (somewhere)
- walk out
- without (so much as) a backward glance idiom
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