Antonyms for gets away
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : get |
| Phonetic Transcription : gɛt |
- accept
- advance
- agree
- aid
- allow
- appear
- approve
- arrive
- assist
- attach
- be born
- begin
- break
- calm
- cause
- cease
- combine
- come
- come in
- confront
- continue
- create
- dally
- dawdle
- decline
- decrease
- delay
- disagree
- discourage
- dishearten
- dissuade
- encounter
- engage
- enter
- face
- fasten
- fill
- fix
- forge
- go in
- halt
- help
- hide
- hold
- increase
- join
- keep
- keep quiet
- keep to
- land
- leave alone
- linger
- meet
- mend
- mismatch
- obey
- occupy
- open
- order
- pause
- permit
- persevere
- put together
- remain
- repress
- rest
- retreat
- retrogress
- secret
- secure
- slow
- stabilize
- stand
- stay
- stay on ground
- stop
- strengthen
- surrender
- take on
- unite
- wait
- walk
Definition of gets 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
- If he gets away in front, them long legs of his will take some catchin'.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He'll cut across Westmeath, and make north, if he gets away from this.'
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- But when his temper is aroused and gets away from him, then watch out!
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Buster Bear » by Thornton W. Burgess
- I've had a line on my temper ever since—sometimes it gets away, for a while, but not so often.
- Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs
- It scars me sometimes, the way they dodges us, and gets away.
- Extract from : « Cutlass and Cudgel » by George Manville Fenn
- Sometimes, when he fails to take a factor into consideration, he gets away with it.
- Extract from : « The Electronic Mind Reader » by John Blaine
- Say, look at the way he plays a tattoo and swings, too, and gets away from it.
- Extract from : « Radio Boys Loyalty » by Wayne Whipple
- If it gets away my secret may be discovered and I will lose all!
- Extract from : « Five Thousand Miles Underground » by Roy Rockwood
- The sooner he gets away from the hoax of home, the better, Laurence told himself.
- Extract from : « Narcissus » by Evelyn Scott
- So of course that stumps the rube, and Dan like as not gets away with it without ever settling.
- Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
Synonyms for gets away
- abandon
- abdicate
- abjure
- abscond
- absent
- absent oneself
- actuate
- advance
- approach
- avoid
- back out
- bail out
- beat a hasty retreat
- beat it
- bid farewell
- blast off
- blow
- bolt
- book
- bow out
- break
- break out
- budge
- bug out
- burst out
- bust out
- bustle
- carry
- change
- check out
- circumvent
- clear
- clear out
- climb
- continue
- crawl
- cross
- cruise
- cut and run
- cut loose
- cut out
- dash
- decamp
- deny oneself
- depart
- desert
- detach
- disappear
- disengage
- dislocate
- disturb
- do vanishing act
- dodge
- double
- draw away
- draw back
- drift
- drive
- drop out
- duck
- duck out
- ease out
- ebb
- eliminate
- elope
- elude
- emerge
- emigrate
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- exfiltrate
- exit
- extract
- fall back
- fare
- flake off
- flee
- flow
- fly
- fly the coop
- get
- get away
- get away with
- get going
- get lost
- get off
- get out
- get the hell out
- git
- give ground
- give someone the slip
- give up work
- give way
- glide
- go
- go away
- go forth
- go out
- go scot-free
- go to bed
- go to one's room
- go to sleep
- hand over
- hasten away
- head for
- hide
- hie
- hightail
- hit the bricks
- hit the road
- hit the sack
- hit the trail
- hotfoot
- hurry
- impel
- issue
- journey
- jump
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- keep going
- lam
- launch
- leap
- leave
- leave service
- light out
- locomote
- make a break
- make a break for it
- make a getaway
- make a quick exit
- make for
- make getaway
- make off
- make one's escape
- make one's way
- make oneself scarce
- make progress
- make quick exit
- make tracks
- make vacant
- march
- march out
- migrate
- mosey
- move
- move on
- move out
- near
- off-load
- part
- pass
- pension
- perish
- phase out
- play hooky
- position
- proceed
- process
- progress
- propel
- pull back
- pull out
- push
- push off
- push on
- put out to pasture
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- regress
- relinquish
- relocate
- remove
- repair
- repeal
- rescind
- resign
- retire
- retreat
- revoke
- roll
- run
- run along
- run away
- run for it
- run from
- run off
- run out on
- rusticate
- sally forth
- say goodbye
- scamper
- scoot
- scram
- secede
- seclude oneself
- separate
- set forth
- set off
- sever connections
- shift
- ship
- shove
- shove off
- shrink
- shun
- skedaddle
- skip
- skip out
- slip
- slip away
- split
- start
- start out
- steal away
- step on it
- step on the gas
- stir
- stop working
- surrender
- switch
- take a hike
- take a powder
- take away
- take flight
- take it on the lam
- take leave
- take off
- take on the lam
- take one's leave
- take out
- tergiversate
- transfer
- transport
- transpose
- travel
- traverse
- troop
- turn in
- vacate
- vamoose
- vanish
- walk
- wend
- withdraw
- work out of
- wriggle out
- yield
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