'getaway' definitions:
Definition of 'getaway'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'getaway'
From: GCIDE
- getaway \get"a*way`\ n. rapid acceleration. [WordNet sense 1]
- Syn: pickup. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a rapid escape (as by criminals); as, the thieves made a clean getaway; they made their getaway in a stolen car. [WordNet sense 2]
- Syn: lam. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'getaway'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- acceleration,
- break,
- breakout,
- decampment,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- departure,
- drive,
- egress,
- emergence,
- escape,
- escapism,
- evacuation,
- evasion,
- exit,
- exodus,
- extrication,
- flight,
- freeing,
- going,
- hegira,
- impetus,
- issuance,
- issue,
- jailbreak,
- lam,
- leak,
- leakage,
- leaving,
- liberation,
- outlet,
- parting,
- passing,
- pickup,
- prisonbreak,
- quickening,
- release,
- removal,
- rescue,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- riddance,
- scape,
- setting-free,
- slip,
- speedup,
- step-up,
- thrust,
- vent,
- walkout,
- withdrawal