Synonyms for getaway

Grammar : Noun

Spell : get-uh-wey

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɛt əˌweɪ

Définition of getaway

Origin : "escape," 1852, originally in fox hunting, from verbal phrase get away "escape" (c.1300); see get (v.) + away. Of prisoners or criminals from 1893.

noun escape

Example sentences :

"Sure, three can make a getaway easier than one," O'Malley said.
Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery

A woman got in the way by accident, supposedly, of their getaway from the bank.
Extract from : « Second Sight » by Basil Eugene Wells

Once at the big shaft where we came down, we can make our getaway.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

"You should have made a getaway in the Manhattan," Ben said, in a moment.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts in the Philippines » by G. Harvey Ralphson

I knew how clever you were by the way you planned your getaway.
Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

We just thought he might have beat it into this room for a getaway.
Extract from : « The Ghost Breaker » by Charles Goddard

Well, they make their getaway at Yuma after Struve has killed a guard.
Extract from : « A Texas Ranger » by William MacLeod Raine

Making her getaway without a doubt when I turned on the lights.
Extract from : « Dorothy Dixon and the Double Cousin » by Dorothy Wayne

"I'm going to make a getaway to-night," declared Matt firmly.
Extract from : « Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends » by Stanley R. Matthews

It beats all how that fellow could have made such a getaway.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe on the Giants » by Lester Chadwick

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