getaway
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getaway
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Deverbal from get away.
noun getaways · get-away
- A means of escape.
- The effecting of an escape. This dramatic arrival of the figure in landscape had revitalized its whole problem for him, and that on the practice of a métier going a little stale by repetition. No get away from it, Edmund, he had to have the model. And what a model - tinted up by nature herself as the perfect complement of her
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A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.
Similar: leave
Similar: time off
adjective get-away
- Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans. They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lam, pickup, jailbreak, absconding, escape, fugitive, evasion, run, avoidance, pursuit, stolen, trip, adventure, vacation, spillage, continuation
noun
Similar: time off
Translations
Every language
noun means of escape
| Español | escapatoria |
|---|---|
| Italiano | fuga |
noun effecting of an escape
| Deutsch | Flucht |
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noun vacation or destination
| Español | escapada |
|---|---|
| Português | retiro |
| Deutsch | Kurzurlaub, Erholungsort |
| Italiano | fuga |
Talk about this word "getaway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/getaway. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. getaway. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/getaway "getaway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/getaway.Cite this
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