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Noun get away has 2 senses
- pickup, getaway - the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
--1 is a kind of acceleration
- 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"
--2 is a kind of escape, flight
Verb get away has 3 senses
- escape, get away, break loose - run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
--1 is one way to flee, fly, take flight
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- 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"
--2 is one way to avoid
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- 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"
--3 is one way to escape, get away, break loose
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