getawaynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɡet.ə.weɪ/us/ˈɡet̬.ə.weɪ/informalan occasion when someone leaves a place quickly, usually after committing a crime:
The two masked men made their getaway in a stolen van.
a getaway car
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get away
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- jailbreak
- leg
- loose
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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