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get away

 
Noun get away has 2 senses
  1. pickup, getaway - the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
    --1 is a kind of acceleration
  2. 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
    Derived form: verb get away1
Verb get away has 3 senses
  1. 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
    Derived form: noun getaway2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. 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
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. 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
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
get across get ahead get along get along wiht get along with get around get around to get at get away get away from it all get away with get back get behind get better get bigger get bitter get breaking

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