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get away en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

get + away

Meanings

  1. Expressing disbelief.
    • You bought that for twenty pounds? Get away!

Relateds

get away with you

get away en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

get + away

Meanings

  1. (literally) To move away (from).
    • Get away from me!
    • Get away from the edge of the cliff!
  2. (with 'from' when used with an object) To avoid capture; to escape; to flee (from).
    • Surround the bank! Don't let the robber get away!
    • I almost caught the critter, but it got away from me.
  3. (with 'to' when used with an object) To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday.
    • Next weekend we're hoping to get away to the seaside.
    • This place is really getting me down. I need to get away for a while.
  4. To start moving; to depart.
    • I couldn't get away sooner because my new well was coming in at Coyote Hills and I had to see about it. 2007 September 27, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood, spoken by Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), distributed by Paramount Vantage & Miramax Films:
    • The train got away exactly on time.
    • In 1965, all Coventry's banks closed at noon on Christmas Eve for the first time, to "enable bank staff to get away at a reasonable time". 2023 December 27, David Turner, “Silent lines...”, in RAIL, number 999, page 30:
  5. To slip from one's control.
    • I can't cope any more. Things are getting away from me.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gotten away Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
gets away Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
getting away Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
got away Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
got away Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

getaway · getaway · get-away · get away with · get-away

Translations (16)

it staccare (to journey (to), especially on holiday) · gl sacar (to move away (from)) · fi häipyä (to move away (from)) · fi lähteä (to take a break from one's present circumstances) · es alejarse (to move away (from)) · it sfuggire (to slip from one's control) · it allontanarsi (to take a break from one's present circumstances) · es escaparse (to slip from one's control) · it andarsene (to journey (to), especially on holiday) · gl arredar (to move away (from)) · fi loitota (to move away (from)) · fi matkustaa (to journey (to), especially on holiday) · fi poistua (to take a break from one's present circumstances) · it allontanarsi (to journey (to), especially on holiday) · it allontanarsi (to move away (from)) · fi lähteä lapasesta (to slip from one's control)