Getaway Meaning
/ɡˈɛtəˌweɪ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA means of escape.
nounThe effecting of an escape.
Sentence Examples
A sunny weekend is perfect for a mountain getaway.
The getaway car was late model white sedan.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the robbery, the thieves made a quick ____ in a car.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The couple planned a romantic weekend ____ to a quiet cabin in the mountains to celebrate their anniversary.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English get awaydeverb. English getaway Deverbal from get away.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 own harmonics!"
— 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 58:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After the robbery, the thieves made a quick ____ in a car.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The couple planned a romantic weekend ____ to a quiet cabin in the mountains to celebrate their anniversary.