单词 | to get away |
释义 | > as lemmasto get away to get away 1. intransitive. a. To escape; to succeed in departing. In recent use also with the implication of going on holiday. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] atfareOE atcomec1220 atstertc1220 atrouta1250 ascape1250 astart1250 atblenchc1275 scapec1275 aschapec1300 fleec1300 ofscapea1325 escapec1330 overfleea1382 to get awaya1400 slipa1400 starta1400 skiftc1440 eschewc1450 withstartec1460 rida1470 chape1489 to flee (one's) touch?1515 evadea1522 betwynde?1534 to make out1558 outscape1562 outslip1600 to come off1630 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7902 (MED) In batail sua he suld be sette, þat he awai suld neuer gette. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiv. 223 The lordis war gottin all avay. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Job i. 17 The Caldees..haue..slayne the seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotten awaye, to tell the. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2174/1 Ere euer I could arise and get away, he was come in with me. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 131 David..had leisure enough to get away whilest the Kings messengers were so deceived. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 309 They also fasten them..that, in case they should break or slip their Halters, they may not get away. 1706 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. to North xxi. 209 A drunken Bout at parting, without which there's no getting away from a House in Russia. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 15 They escap'd from the City, as from a Prison, and got away into the Country. 1775 S. Johnson Let. 8 Apr. (1992) II. 197 When shall I come down to you? I believe I can get away pretty early in May. 1818 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 33 13 He came out of the Tower, or, rather, got away out of it somehow or other. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 30 Mar. (1955) VI. 235 We want very much to get away, but I fear we shall hardly be able to start till the end of May. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 56 All our party was glad to get away. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xlvi. 228 He was in a hurry to get away. The mustiness of the room made his head ache. 1961 E. R. Curtis Season in Utopia iv. 127 The older man, himself in a state of spiritual dissatisfaction, understood Isaac's need to get away by himself. 1987 P. Lively Moon Tiger x. 130 You ought to get away for a bit... You must be run-down. 2008 C. Clark Hangman Blind (2009) 286 I'll be watching, waiting, following. You'll never get away. The fields have eyes. b. In imperative. Also in get away with you (now rare). (a) Go away, be off; = to get along 1b at Phrasal verbs 1. Also with from, sometimes as a warning or caution. ΚΠ 1600 Looke about You sig. K4v Ley. Is that your busines? Red. I by my t t troth is it. Hen. Then get away. 1783 Double Conspiracy ii. 23 Bet.Get away;—I'll tell Father on you. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice III. vii. 135 Take whatever you like, and get away . View more context for this quotation 1828 Punch & Judy i. i. 77 Toby, you're one nasty cross dog: get away with you! 1859 A. L. Elwyn Gloss. Supposed Americanisms 80 ‘Get away, you nasty fellow!’ may be heard from one of the female sex, who finds one of the male sex somewhat too importunate or familiar. 1886 App. Jrnl. House of Representatives Ohio 82 157 You get away from here, damn you, or I will knock the shit out of you. 1900 K. L. Bates Spanish Highways & Byways vii. 101 Children sing insulting verses after him in the street, especially that pious ditty:—‘Get away with you, Protestants, Out of our Catholic Spain.’ 1935 H. Heslop Last Cage Down ii. x. 253 ‘Get away!’ snapped Bill, wearying of the argument. ‘Go on, get out-bye before I lose me temper.’ 1997 A. Smith Like (2001) 272 Get away from those canal banks Aisling McCarthy or I'll tell your father on you. 1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation xvi. 263 He stood at the kitchen window starring at me. I moved towards him and he held up his hand. ‘Get away,’ he said. (b) colloquial (chiefly British). As an expression of astonishment or incredulity: ‘go on’, you don't say (so). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > expressions of disbelief [interjection] to go toc1275 in good timea1470 Walker1811 to get off1818 this beats my grandmother1819 to go on1835 your granny!1837 to get away1847 I ask you1855 great guns!1875 sure1907 oh yeah1927 Aunt Fanny1928 go 'long1974 to sod off1976 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > exclamation of surprise [interjection] whatOE well, wellOE avoyc1300 ouc1300 ay1340 lorda1393 ahaa1400 hillaa1400 whannowc1450 wow1513 why?1520 heydaya1529 ah1538 ah me!a1547 fore me!a1547 o me!a1547 what the (also a) goodyear1570 precious coals1576 Lord have mercy (on us)1581 good heavens1588 whau1589 coads1590 ay me!1591 my stars!a1593 Gods me1595 law1598 Godso1600 to go out1600 coads-nigs1608 for mercy!a1616 good stars!1615 mercy on us (also me, etc.)!a1616 gramercy1617 goodness1623 what next?1662 mon Dieu1665 heugh1668 criminy1681 Lawd1696 the dickens1697 (God, etc.) bless my heart1704 alackaday1705 (for) mercy's sake!1707 my1707 deuce1710 gracious1712 goodly and gracious1713 my word1722 my stars and garters!1758 lawka1774 losha1779 Lord bless me (also you, us, etc.)1784 great guns!1795 mein Gott1795 Dear me!1805 fancy1813 well, I'm sure!1815 massy1817 Dear, dear!1818 to get off1818 laws1824 Mamma mia1824 by crikey1826 wisha1826 alleleu1829 crackey1830 Madonna mia1830 indeed1834 to go on1835 snakes1839 Jerusalem1840 sapristi1840 oh my days1841 tear and ages1841 what (why, etc.) in time?1844 sakes alive!1846 gee willikers1847 to get away1847 well, to be sure!1847 gee1851 Great Scott1852 holy mackerel!1855 doggone1857 lawsy1868 my wig(s)!1871 gee whiz1872 crimes1874 yoicks1881 Christmas1882 hully gee1895 'ullo1895 my hat!1899 good (also great) grief!1900 strike me pink!1902 oo-er1909 what do you know?1909 cripes1910 coo1911 zowiec1913 can you tie that?1918 hot diggety1924 yeow1924 ziggety1924 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 hullo1931 tiens1932 whammo1932 po po po1936 how about that?1939 hallo1942 brother1945 tie that!1948 surprise1953 wowee1963 yikes1971 never1974 to sod off1976 whee1978 mercy1986 yipes1989 1804 J. Kenney Matrimony ii. 38 Cla. Don't you believe me? See then my solicitude, my tears! O'Clog. (aside) Faith if I do, you'll see mine too.—aloud Get away with you. 1834 W. A. Caruthers Cavaliers of Virginia I. ix. 124 Oh! get away wid your blarney, says I, you're safe now as the Governor's old bull wid the short tail and the shambles on two of his legs. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxii. 190 ‘Don't trifle with her affections, you Don Juan!’ ‘Get away,’ said Jos Sedley, quite pleased. 1927 W. S. Maugham in Nash's & Pall Mall Mag. June 94/3 ‘Annie and I have decided to get married too.’ Annie received this announcement with a gurgled ‘Oh, get away with you!’ 1960 H. Pinter Dumb Waiter 124 Ben. The lorry started and ran over him. Gus. Go on! Ben. That's what it says here. Gus. Get away. 1969 ‘D. Cory’ Night Hawk 16 ‘Do you speak Spanish?’ ‘Of course I do. I am Spanish.’ ‘Get away.’ ‘I am. I can prove it.’ 1982 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. 2nd Ser. Episode 7. 121 Lady R. It's mostly Dresden. And that particular piece is worth several hundred pounds. Del. Is it really? Gawd, get away. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home xx. 244 ‘I missed you,’ she said. ‘I cry for you every day.’‘Get away!’ he said softly. c. to get away with. (a) To do (something) with impunity or (in recent use) without encountering a possible setback. Frequently in to get away with it: to succeed in what one tries; to act without being detected or punished. to get away with murder: to get away with anything; to do whatever one wishes. ΚΠ 1669 G. Hutcheson Expos. Job xxiv. 508 It is a friendly act to wish that men do not get away with their faults. 1864 Amer. War (Soc. promoting Cessation of Hostilities Amer.) 11/1 He and his brother will leave here (if they can get away with it) immensely rich in spoils of other people's property. 1874 J. Miller Unwritten Hist.: Life amongst Modocs (new ed.) vi. 95 Bet you the cigars, I don't! Whenever my man comes to the centre, I will call him, see if I don't, and get away with it, too. 1914 N.Y. Times 9 May 7/2 Jake, you're getting away with murder here. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay x. 145 He had no sense of time or of order. But he got away with it, as he liked to say. 1939 Chatelaine Sept. 19/2 Usually she's young enough and amusing enough to ‘get away with murder’. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited 12 He would sometimes say of the ways of the Army in pay and supply and the use of ‘man-hours’: ‘They couldn't get away with that in business.’ 1958 Times Oct. 3/3 A film set in Ireland and relying upon whimsical comedy can get away, if not with murder, at least with weaknesses. 1968 Listener 8 Aug. 164/3 Nobody can quite believe that Mr Dubcek is being allowed to get away with it. 1974 D. Goines Daddy Cool xii. 163 Seething with anger, the burly man gained control. ‘You punks will never get away with this shit. I guess you realize that, don't you?’ 1981 Pop. Photogr. Feb. 114/2 Sometimes you can get away with moving an arm or leg. 2011 Independent 25 Oct. 27/4 Eating a fruitarian diet would allow him to get away with bathing just once a week. (b) colloquial (originally U.S.). To carry off successfully; to succeed in winning or stealing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result) > succeed in winning or stealing to get away with1873 1873 B. Harte Mliss xxxviii. 111 At billiards he beat the sporting men whom miners always like to see beaten, and in sporting parlance ‘got away’ with large sums of their coin. 1886 Boston Jrnl. 18 Dec. 2/4 They got away with the pennant three successive seasons. 1892 Congress. Rec. 13 Dec. 122/2 [These gentlemen] will have to be content with the pitiful $240,000 that they have already ‘got away with’. 1928 Observer 25 Mar. 14 Some of the artists may be able, as the phrase goes, to ‘get away with the swag’. 1952 M. Huxley Let. in N. Murray Aldous Huxley (2003) ix. 114 An upstart little refugee getting away with the prize of the artistic English world. 1996 G. B. Tangwa I spit on their Graves (2010) 135 From the moment Cameroonians let him get away with the trophy of the October 11th 1992 presidential elections, he knew he could get away with anything. (c) U.S. slang. To get the better of, to beat in a contest. ΚΠ 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds ii. 41 More'n once the robbers would tackle some gritty man that was handy with his ‘barkers’, an' he'd get away with two or three of 'em. 1887 A. A. Hayes Jesuit's Ring 227 The boys got away with the..road agents. 1908 Dial. Notes 3 314 You can't get away with me. 1931 T. Dreiser Dawn lxviii. 386 She's very cute and sweet all right, but she's got to do business or quit. If I don't get away with her, I'll let you know. 2005 M. Lauria & L. F. Mirón Urban Schools iv. 79 They'll make sure you don't get away with them like you got away with the next person. d. Usually with a negative. To disregard or escape from (a fact, implication, etc.).Frequently in there is no getting away from. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > escape the attention of overpass1535 overslip1574 overscape1581 fly?1611 slip1653 to get away1811 miss1880 1811 Adviser Dec. 358/1 The boy's question gave him great disturbance. He tried to fling it out of his mind, but was by no means able to get away from it. 1845 Southern Lit. Messenger Sept. 523/1 A labored effort to get away from the New Testament endorsement of the principle [of slavery], so far as permissibility is concerned. 1912 T. Dreiser Financier lvii. 601 A jail is a jail; and there is no getting away from that. 1930 A. Christie Murder at Vicarage xi. 84 It's his pistol—you can't get away from that. 1974 H. S. Thompson Let. 21–24 Feb. in Fear & Loathing in Amer. (2000) 586 There is no way to get away from names and personalities in any serious talk about the '76 election. 2000 S. McKay Northern Protestants 21 She said what we were was bred into us and there was no getting away from it. e. Of a plant: to start growing vigorously or well. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > grow or increase in size waxc897 growa1000 to get away1813 to grow up1840 to grow away1933 1813 A. Murray Gen. View Agric. County Warwick 92 Another management of a wheat crop by other farmers, is to harrow and roll the ground, if battered and bound, and the plants appear not to get away. 1832 C. Don Gen. Hist. Dichlamydeous Plants II. 314/1 Instead of benefitting the ground, they [sc. beans] were of detriment to it, for weeds got away on the outset, and in dry seasons often ruined the crop. 1913 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) 126 At Avondale the young plantations have to get away from a thick mat of grass. 1957 Jrnl. Royal Hort. Soc. 82 370 If the ground is broken into rubble the roots can get away and the plant will flourish. 1960 F. C. Stern Chalk Garden xv. 163 It is advisable to put them in as small plants as they get away much quicker than large plants. 2001 B. Law Woodland Way iv. 68 Wild cherry, alder and rowan get away particularly well. f. Hunting and Horse Racing. To start, to set off (briskly). ΚΠ 1823 Manch. Guardian 20 Sept. It appears there were three false starts, and that on the fourth 23 horses got away, leaving four behind. 1875 G. J. Whyte-Melville Riding Recoll. ii Exhaust, therefore, all your knowledge of woodcraft to get away on good terms with the hounds. 1889 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Dec. 2/5 All the horses got away very prettily and Prince Beauclerk soon pulled away from the crowd. 1948 Life 21 June 32 (caption) Dewey, Taft and Stassen will get away fast, but watch out for Dark Horse Vandenberg on the backstretch. 1999 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Dec. 34 I didn't think she had much luck in that race as the first three got away while she was still finding her way out. g. Originally U.S. Of fire: to spread quickly or uncontrolledly; (with from) to get out of the control of a person. ΚΠ 1838 C. W. Dudley Rep. Court of Appeals S. Carolina 1837–8 265 He was in no way privy to the burning, and that the circumstance of the fire getting away, was unintentional and accidental. 1897 L. Lindley-Cowen West Austral. Settler's Guide ii. iv. 232 Every precaution should be taken to prevent the fire getting away, and it is better to burn a strip round the fences first in order to obviate this as far as possible. 1906 Rep. Royal N.-W. Mounted Police 1905 i. 22 A Mennonite farmer near Herbert..was burning the grass..when the fire got away from him. 1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 295/1 There would be danger of fires getting away on sunny faces when the vegetation was very dry. 1997 D. Backes Wilderness Within 335 He was burning a brush pile..when the fire got away from him. 2011 A. S. Mathews Instituting Nature v. 138 If people burned without giving notice, if they didn't open up firebreaks and if the fire got away they would be punished. 2. transitive. ΚΠ a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) l. 2371 (MED) Oft to the lauenders he it sent..the weping spottes in no wise Thei coude with noo craft gete a-way. 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health lxxxix.103 Let the burning be taken or gotten away with the whyte of an egge, or freshe butter. 1676 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 34 The season continues so seveere I cannot get away my ill cold nor goe out of the house. 1771 L. Carter Diary 11 Sept. (1965) II. 627 To some after their fevers abate and Puzerys change I give Mercury to get away the worms. b. To take out of safe keeping or from someone's possession; to carry off, steal, appropriate, liberate; (also) to enable to depart. Also reflexive: to make one's escape, get away, depart. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > appropriate ownOE rimec1275 takec1300 appropre1366 to keep, take to or for one's own storec1385 to get awayc1480 proper1496 apprehenda1522 impropry1526 impropriate1567 carve1578 forestall1581 appropriate1583 propriate1587 pocket1597 impatronize1611 propertya1616 asself1632 appropriatea1634 swallow1637 to swallow up1654 sink1699 poucha1774 spheterize1779 sack1807 fob1818 to look back to1822 mop1861 annex1865 c1480 (a1400) St. George 883 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 201 Men..gat away prywely of his relykis a party. a1500 (?c1400) Sir Triamour (Cambr.) (1937) l. 479 Ther myght no man gete hym [sc. a greyhound] away. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 178 The kyng..hade hit goten Paladian the pure god pertly away. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xx. 25 b There was no remedy to get them [prisoners] away, but by great presents. 1640 tr. G. S. du Verdier Love & Armes Greeke Princes iii. 27 Taking a little courage to her, she got her speedily away. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Bb3v/2 She got away the best Things in the House, elle a soustrait..ce qu'il y avoit de meilleur dans le Logis... He has got away my Customers. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 71 Hegh, Hegh, Hegh, the Rogues..have got away my Bag! 1726 Four Years Voy. Capt. G. Roberts 319 We could not..do any thing towards endeavouring to get the Vessel away. 1812 S. Randall Miser iii. iv. 38 He must be paid for't, yes yes—I understand—another plot to get away my money, yes yes. 1896 R. Hovey Along Trail (1899) 56 I will up and get me away where the hawk is wheeling, Lone and high. 1925 S. Lewis Arrowsmith (1998) 61 While she gaped with disappointment at his lukewarmness, he got himself away. 1972 R. Adams Watership Down xxxviii. 303 If a patrol finds us before Bigwig comes, it won't be just a matter of getting ourselves away. 2004 C. Feehan Mind Game (2005) 44 There would be more violence and more death before he managed to get her away safely. c. Cricket. To hit (the ball) past the fieldsman, so as to make a run or runs. Also with the bowler as object. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > hit > hit with specific stroke take1578 stop1744 nip1752 block1772 drive1773 cut1816 draw1816 tip1816 poke1836 spoon1836 mow1844 to put up1845 smother1845 sky1849 crump1850 to pick up1851 pull1851 skyrocket1851 swipe1851 to put down1860 to get away1868 smite1868 snick1871 lift1874 crack1882 smack1882 off-drive1888 snip1890 leg1892 push1893 hook1896 flick1897 on-drive1897 chop1898 glance1898 straight drive1898 cart1903 edge1904 tonk1910 sweep1920 mishook1934 middle1954 square-drive1954 tickle1963 square-cut1976 slash1977 splice1982 paddle1986 1868 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 128 The two first-named..exhibited splendid defence; but they could not get the ball away. 1903 C. F. Wood in H. G. Hutchinson Cricket xii. 379 Scoring is out of the question. You may stop the ball as long as your patience lasts, but you can't get it away. 1955 Times 12 May 4/4 Phillips was one of five freshmen to bowl. He is tall and an awkward man to get away by reason of his length. 2008 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 12 June (Sport section) 30 Bowlers pitched a bit shorter, and because he wasn't used to it, he couldn't get the ball away. He didn't last long. < as lemmas |
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