Meaning

3 senses
  1. A means of escape.

    a rapid escape (as by criminals)

  2. The effecting of an escape.

    Flucht

  3. (informal)A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.

    Kurzurlaub, Erholungsort

Examples

25 sentences
  1. The getaway car was late model white sedan.

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  2. The police found the getaway car abandoned three blocks from the bank.

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  3. There were three getaway cars.

    ruДля побега было выделено три машины.

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  4. Tom drove the getaway car.

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  5. Tom made a clean getaway.

    ruТом сбежал, не оставив следов.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
effecting of an escape:
vacation or destination:

Origin

Deverbal from get away.

Deverbal from get away.

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Forms

plural: getaways

Synonyms

4 synonyms
vacation, holiday:leaveB1
Close in meaning
  • a rapid escape (as by criminals):lam
  • the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration:pickup

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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