get away
English
Verb
get away (third-person singular simple present gets away, present participle getting away, simple past got away, past participle (UK) got away or (US) gotten away)
- (literally) To move away (from).
- Get away from the edge of the cliff!
- Get away from me!
- (with 'from' when used with an object) To avoid capture; to escape; to flee (from).
- Surround the bank! Don't let the robber get away!
- I almost caught the critter, but it got away from me.
- (with 'to' when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday.
- This place is really getting me down. I need to get away for a while.
- Next weekend we're hoping to get away to the seaside.
- To start moving; to depart.
- The train got away exactly on time.
- 2007 September 27, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, spoken by Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), distributed by Paramount Vantage & Miramax Films:
- I couldn't get away sooner because my new well was coming in at Coyote Hills and I had to see about it.
- 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:
- In 1965, all Coventry's banks closed at noon on Christmas Eve for the first time, to "enable bank staff to get away at a reasonable time".
- To slip from one's control.
- I can't cope any more. Things are getting away from me.
Translations
to move away (from)
to avoid capture; to escape (from) — see escape
to take a break from one's present circumstances
to journey (to), especially on holiday
To start moving; to depart — see depart
to slip from one's control
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