getaway English

Meaning getaway meaning

What does getaway mean?

getaway

— noun (= lam) a rapid escape (as by criminals) the thieves made a clean getaway after the expose he had to take it on the lam

— noun (= pickup) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration his car has a lot of pickup

Synonyms getaway synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as getaway?

getaway English » English

escape

lam

pickup

flight

evasion

elopement

start

running away

runaway

hejira

fleeing

flee

defection

break

acceleration

abscondence

Topics getaway topics

What do people use getaway to talk about?

Physical actions Move Pursue

Escape

• What words refer to escaping from someone who is chasing you?
  get away give someone the slip throw someone off the scent slip through someone's fingers shake off make a clean getaway elude evade avoid capture dodge sidestep cover your trail/tracks
• What words refer to the act of escaping?
  escape (n) breakout jailbreak getaway prison break evasion evacuation
• What words describe something related to escaping?
  evasive (maneuvers) getaway (car)

Examples getaway examples

How do I use getaway in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A sunny weekend is perfect for a mountain getaway.

Tom used his secluded cabin in the woods as a getaway from his hectic life as a company director.

Why were there so few bank robberies in communist east Germany? - Because you had to wait for 15 years for a getaway car.

Tom made a clean getaway.

There were three getaway cars.

Movie subtitles

They were making a getaway.

What's the big idea? - I want to make a getaway.

It won't be easy to make a getaway.

Times being what they were, I accepted the job retaining my balloon against the advent of a quick getaway.

Wait. Who engineered this getaway?

Babe and I kind of figured our best getaway was over the pass.

What about your getaway?

Four are, but the fifth one's the getaway, and you know it.

I'll tell him you tied me to a tree and made your getaway taking all our goods.

Tell him to plant a getaway car with an oscillator.

We place the getaway car in these trees. with the oscillator under its rear axle and hooked up to the battery.

They pile into the getaway car, and they're off.

And when we beat it in the getaway cars, I got the truck keys in my pocket.

We'll even have two getaway cars.

Now we can make our getaway through the left wing!

What are you trying to do, make a getaway?

This visit, which terminates today. due to the efforts of Mr. Whitney, was for driving the getaway car. for the toughest mob of bank bandits in this country.

I always had the brass and all you had was a quick getaway.

The getaway car, how much?

Getaway car. one thousand.

Yeah. Imagine. Buying a getaway car.

The getaway tickets, we'll up them together.

Your cab was the getaway car!. I don't know nothing about it.

The quickest getaway for us is Mexico.

I want to make a getaway.

Made a getaway, Doc?

Johnny will stick with her until he knows we've pulled the caper and made our getaway.

Driver of the getaway car escaped, described as follows.

We'll stash your suitcase at the club for a quick getaway.

Did she arrange this little getaway?

Getaway!

Without a holiday or a getaway!