getaway — ozdic

Collocations

4

ADJ.

abandoned, black, burned, clean, hectic, late, perfect, planned

VERB + GETAWAY

discussing, drove, found, made, needs, police, waiting

GETAWAY + NOUN

car, cars, driver, egypt, matthew, weeks

PREP.

from, in, in

Definitions

noun

1

A means of escape.

2

The effecting of an escape.

This dramatic arrival of the figure in landscape had revitalized its whole problem for him, and that on the practice of a métier going a little stale by repetition. No get away from it, Edmund, he had to have the model. And what a model - tinted up by nature herself as the perfect complement of her own harmonics!

3

A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.

adj

1

Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.

They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a rapid escape (as by criminals)

lam

noun — the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

pickup

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

This dramatic arrival of the figure in landscape had revitalized its whole problem for him, and that on the practice of a métier going a little stale by repetition. No get away from it, Edmund, he had

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02

They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks.

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03

A sunny weekend is perfect for a mountain getaway.

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04

Why were there so few bank robberies in communist east Germany? — Because you had to wait for 15 years for a getaway car.

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05

Tom used his secluded cabin in the woods as a getaway from his hectic life as a company director.

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06

The getaway car was late model white sedan.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, getaway is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.