'get away' definitions:
Definition of 'get away'
(from WordNet)
verb
Run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" [syn: escape, get away, break loose]
verb
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" [syn: get off, get away, get by, get out, escape]
verb
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" [syn: escape, get away]
Synonyms of 'get away'
From: 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,
- fly the coop,
- gang along,
- get along,
- get around,
- get away from,
- get clear of,
- get free,
- get off,
- get on,
- get out,
- get out of,
- get under way,
- go,
- go along,
- go away,
- go off,
- go on,
- jump,
- leave,
- make a getaway,
- march off,
- mosey,
- move away,
- move off,
- move out,
- pull out,
- quit,
- retire,
- sashay,
- sashay off,
- shake,
- shake off,
- shuffle out of,
- skip,
- skirt,
- slip the collar,
- stagger along,
- take flight,
- take wing,
- toddle along,
- up and go,
- wing it,
- withdraw