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get-away, getaway|ˈgɛtəweɪ|
[get v. 81.]
The action of getting away; spec. (a) the breaking cover of a fox; (b) an escape; a method or chance of escape; esp. of thieves with their booty (often to make one's get-away); (c) the start of a race. Also attrib., esp. designating a vehicle in which thieves make their get-away.
1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour (1893) 131 The quick find, the quick get away. 1890Boldrewood Col. Reformer (1891) 173 There is some get away, if anything broke, short of your neck. 1893L. W. Moore His Own Story xlviii. 622 Only three [prisoners] had made their escape. Mrs. Keene had prevented a clean ‘get-away’ for many more. 1907C. E. Mulford Bar-20 xv. 166 We'll have to make our get-away plumb sudden or we'll never go. 1922Punch 1 Nov. 423/1 Quickly removing the ball from my toe I crawled under the net and made a get-away in the referee's car. 1923Motor Cycling 26 Sept. 657/2 No one failed to start, although in general the getaways were not so fast or neat as in the case of the trade riders. 1924[see bean v.]. 1930E. H. Lavine Third Degree (1931) iv. 38 He will make his getaway before the fun starts. Ibid. xi. 129 The stolen get-away Cadillac car. 1966M. R. D. Foot SOE in France x. 325 Robert Benoist, arrested in the street three days after his brother, made the first sensational get-away of a splendid run of escapes. 1968‘L. Marshall’ Blood on Blotter xxvi. 174 You provided the job, you cased it, took care of the law, provided the get-away car. |