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Get away Common

Get away has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Verb · Intj

Definitions
Verb
1

run away from confinement

"The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

2

escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

"She gets away with murder!"

"I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

3

remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

"We escaped to our summer house for a few days"

"The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

4

To move away (from).

Intj
1

Expressing disbelief.

Example Sentences
"The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" verb
"She gets away with murder!" verb
"I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" verb
"We escaped to our summer house for a few days" verb
"The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
flee avoid escape
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
break shake elude exfiltrate slip run away escape evade
Rhyming Words
way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway
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