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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

... a mad scramble as the looters raced for their ship. Heavy-handed horseplay was forgotten. They knew they were helpless against a Navy destroyer. Their only hope lay in a fast getaway. Seconds could easily spell the difference between ...

— This One Problem • M. C. Pease

... almost cashed in. Typhoid's a serious proposition at the best; but when you take a crazy streak on top of it, make a midnight getaway from the sick-ward and land up on the Slide looking as if you'd been run through a threshing machine, well, you're sure letting death get a short option on you. And you gave up. You didn't want to fight. You ...

— The Trail of '98 - A Northland Romance • Robert W. Service

... of this unwritten code was to the effect that a "wise" yegg must never have a minor hoboing with him about the country, as not only would the youngster be of little value when committing a crime and a most decided handicap in making a getaway, but the greatest of danger lay in the fact that should they be arrested, the boy would be more than likely to not only reveal all he knew of the latest exploit of the yegg and tell everything he had seen and heard since their first day's comradeship, ...

— The Trail of the Tramp • A-No. 1 (AKA Leon Ray Livingston)

... the barn, the feed box will be moved, and the one to enter the passage will do so, while the other replaces the feed box, and rejoins the man on guard. It is now twelve-thirty, and the man who enters the house ought to hear all that's going on and be able to make a getaway in at least three hours and a half, probably a lot sooner. That is allowing the men an hour or more for talking, as they probably will take no longer, and two hours or two hours and a half for everything to get quiet and allow the man in the house ...

— The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers • Claude A. Labelle

... were foxy. For monetary and real-estate Reasons they did not give it out cold that they were making a final Getaway. They planned to have Gusta remain at the dear old Dump as a Caretaker, but it was ...

— Ade's Fables • George Ade

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