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get away 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of noun get_away
The noun getaway has 2 senses
- pickup, getaway -- (the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup")
- getaway, lam -- (a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam")
Overview of verb get_away
The verb get away has 3 senses
- escape, get away, break loose -- (run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison")
- get off, get away, get by, get out, escape -- (escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities")
- escape, get away -- (remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer")