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
- "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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