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/gˈɛtəwˌeɪ/ Listen

noun

getaway n.

Rapid acceleration.

Synonyms: pickup.

A rapid escape (as by criminals); as, the thieves made a clean getaway; they made their getaway in a stolen car.

Synonyms: lam.

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Etymology of 'Getaway'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Getaway" Quotes from Famous Books

... had had a comforting pipe, they made a clean getaway, rising along the edge of the chasm, then soaring ...

— Darkness and Dawn • George Allan England

... of fact, the fake officer started his getaway the instant Joe went to check on his orders. The officer knew they'd be found faked. It had not been practical for him to shoot Joe down where he was. There were too many people around for this murderer to have a chance at ...

— Space Platform • Murray Leinster

... do we," grinned back Holt. "But we calculate that it will make them think that we think that we have fooled them, and so they won't consider it necessary to keep so close watch on us, and we can try to make our real getaway the next night or ...

— The Cave of Gold - A Tale of California in '49 • Everett McNeil

... luck?" the aggrieved rider of the Triangle Bar outfit demanded of himself, "I made my getaway about three ...

— Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West • William MacLeod Raine

... stamp them as active rebels, found the suspects absent when they broke down the doors. Someone had warned them. Troops, hurried to points where riots had broken out, arrived to find peaceful scenes, but with evidence of recent battle. The rioters had been warned, had made their getaway. ...

— Empire • Clifford Donald Simak

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