Synonyms for get away
get away

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1. escape, get away, break looseverb

   run away from confinement

   "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

   Synonyms:
   miss, scat, burst forth, escape, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, explode, lam

2. get off, get away, get by, get out, escapeverb

   escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

   "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

   Synonyms:
   scarper, trip out, go out, fly the coop, get off, scat, trip, run away, get around, mail, send, send off, lam, dismount, get down, break away, get by, head for the hills, grapple, bunk, take to the woods, deal, pull, hop out, get out, take out, break, manage, leave, break loose, turn on, make out, miss, bring out, pull out, draw, hightail it, elude, exit, run, contend, cope, make do, escape, light, unhorse, turn tail

3. escape, get awayverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   miss, scat, escape, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, lam

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1. escapeverb

   she finally had a chance to escape her prison.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on July 11, 2021  

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1. get away

   Synonyms:
   depart, go away

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1. Alex Drummond:

   I can't get away from food and I love to eat. Of course, it crept up on me through the years especially during covid so starting in January I decided to get busy and lose some weight.

2. Abbie Hoffman:

   The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

3. Britany Jacobs:

   Now I can go home and tell my children that the killer didn't get away with murder of their daddy, i know Markeis is up there in heaven smiling, because Michael Drejka did get justice for him.

4. Selhattin Demirtas:

   The government should not be allowed to get away with what is being done today in Cizre.

5. Eli Ireland:

   The goal was to get away from the union.