Synonyms for getaway
ˈgɛt əˌweɪget·away

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1. pickup, getawaynoun

   the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

   "his car has a lot of pickup"

   Synonyms:
   lam, pickup, pick-me-up, cartridge, pickup truck, pickup arm, tone arm

2. getaway, lamnoun

   a rapid escape (as by criminals)

   "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"

   Synonyms:
   pickup, lam

Matched Categories

1. • Acceleration
   • Escape

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1. List of paraphrases for "getaway":

   tangent, leak, leakage, escape, escapement

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How to use getaway in a sentence?

1. Eric Bradley:

   We are English back to I don’t know when, but I know there is Jewish blood in the family, they might have worried they’d have to buy their way out of England. Maybe it was part of a getaway plan.

2. Rachel Campos-Duffy:

   Joe Biden is giving up and going to the beach, the president has no events today and instead is in Delaware for a holiday getaway, while omicron spikes all across the country.

3. Nic Gulas:

   It was a random dude just ran up to the balloon, stuck a knife in it, and ran off. We had police close by because of another driver earlier, so they went over and arrested him and his getaway driver.

4. Francesco Tomba:

   There's no other getaway like this, these days I don't have any time to read and I'm really looking forward to having hours and hours of 'reading time'.

5. Danielle Hale:

   Instead of looking for a getaway destination that's a little bit further away, they are looking for something that’s close to home.