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Synonyms for getting away

Grammar : Verb

Spell : get

Phonetic Transcription : gɛt

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Définition of getting away

Origin : early 14c., "offspring," from get (v.). Meaning "what is got, booty" is from 14c.

As in move : verb be in motion, put in motion
As in push off/push on : verb leave; go to another place
As in retire : verb leave a place or responsibility
As in withdraw : verb remove something or someone from situation
As in push off : verb leave
As in break : verb run away
As in absquatulate : verb escape
As in lam : verb escape
As in superannuate : verb retire
As in depart : verb leave, retreat
As in exit : verb leave a place
As in flee : verb run away to escape
As in fly : verb escape, flee
As in go : verb advance, proceed physically

Example sentences :

I don't suppose the delay in getting away from here will make any difference.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

And he went on to propound the wildest schemes for getting away.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

"I had great difficulty in getting away this evening," she said.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

We had best be getting away or we shall have a brush with the Captain of Justice.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

Certainly there was no getting away from the pitiless logic of them.
Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith

The results surround us everywhere, and there is no getting away from them.
Extract from : « The Curse of Education » by Harold E. Gorst

He was not following his master too closely, he was only thinking of getting away from that bear.
Extract from : « Two Arrows » by William O. Stoddard

Somebody 68 must have seen him getting away and set out on the trail while it was hot.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

He was getting away as fast as he could to a place of safety.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

So they put a Frog at the tree to watch him to keep him from getting away.
Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various

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