getaway

nounadjectivecommon in dialogue

A means of escape.

noun

1
A means of escape.
2
The effecting of an escape.
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!
3
informalA vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.

Etymology

Deverbal from get away.

adjective

1
Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.
They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks.

Forms

plural: getaways

gesture · A motion of the limbs or body, especially one made to…get · To obtain; to acquire.Get · A member of the Getae.

getaway · A means of escape.

getting · The act of obtaining or acquiring; acquisition.Getting · A surname.ghastly · Like a ghost in appearance; death-like; pale; pallid; dismal.

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