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get away

verb

1 get away

Run away from confinement.

synonyms: break loose, escape.

Roget 287: recede, go, move back, move from, retire; withdraw, shrink, back off; come away, move away, back away, go away, get away, drift away; ... show more

Roget 671: escape, scape; make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape; break jail; get off, get clear off, get well out of; echapper belle [Fr.], save one's bacon, save one's skin; weather the storm etc. ... show more

Dutch: ontvlieden, ontvluchten, vlieden

2 get away

Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action.

synonyms: escape, get by, get off, get out.

Dutch: ontsnappen aan, onderbreken, ontsnappen, ontgaan

3 get away

Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion:
— The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer.

synonym: escape.


interjection

Roget 297: begone!, get you gone!, get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you!, go your way!, away with!, off with you!, get the hell out of here! [Vulg.], go about your business!, be off!, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: bail out, be getting along, beg, blow, break away, break jail, break loose, buzz off, circumvent, come away, cut loose, depart, ditch, double, elude, escape, escape prison, evade, exit, flee ... show more.

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