getawayget‧a‧way /ˈɡetəweɪ/ noun [countable] 
The gunmen made a getaway on foot.getaway car/vehicle/van (=a car etc used by criminals to escape after a crime)2especially American English a short holiday away from home, or a place where people go for a short holiday: Big Bear Lake is a popular weekend getaway.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Big Bear Lake is a popular weekend getaway.
- He climbed down and removed all his clothing except for his socks, which he left on in order to make a quick getaway.
- He then makes his getaway in the subway.
- Some are planning getaways to private cabins.
- Thanks to this quick getaway aquarium heaters need not be shielded to protect Ampullaria from burns.
- The red Rover getaway car was abandoned two miles away and was carrying false number plates.
- These are ideal weekend getaways and begin at around $ 500 a person, including air fare.
- You might have to make a quick getaway!
Longman Language Activatorto succeed in escaping from someone who is chasing you
to succeed in escaping from someone who is trying to catch you: · It looks as if they've escaped. They're probably over the border by now.· So far the terrorists have managed to escape the police.escape from: · He ducked down an alley to escape from the mob that was chasing him.escape into/across/over etc: · Criminals generally know their neighborhood well, so it's not difficult for them to escape into the back streets.
to escape from someone who is chasing you, especially when there is no chance that you will be caught afterwards: · How could you let him get away!· Police believe the gunmen got away in a white Ford pickup.get away from: · Follow that car and don't let it get away from you.get clean away (=get away completely): · Detectives followed the man as far as the harbour, but then he jumped into a speedboat and got clean away.
informal to escape from someone who is chasing you by tricking them or doing something unexpected: · Watch him very carefully - he might try and give us the slip.· I wanted to talk to her before she left the hotel, but she gave me the slip.
to escape from someone who is chasing you or trying to find you by cleverly doing something that makes it impossible for them to know where you are: · He made the calls from different pay phones around the city to throw the police off the scent.
to escape from someone, especially someone who has been chasing you for a long time, for example by hiding or by going faster than them: shake off somebody: · Mailer disappeared into a dark basement, hoping to shake off the gang.shake somebody off: · You're going to have to drive faster if you want to shake them off.
to successfully escape after a crime, leaving no signs to show where you are: · Police have found the helicopters that the terrorists used to make their getaway.make a clean getaway (=to escape leaving no signs to show where you are): · The robbers hopped into a waiting car and made a clean getaway.
formal to cleverly avoid being found or caught by someone, especially for a long time: · Despite a $25,000 reward on his head, he continues to elude the authorities.elude capture: · Lt. Forney managed to elude capture by enemy forces for several weeks.
to leave after doing something wrong or illegal to leave after doing something wrong or illegal without being caught: · Police surrounded the building, but somehow the gunman managed to escape.escape from: · He was one of nine men who escaped from prison in July.escape through/by etc: · Four prisoners escaped through a hole in the fence.escape with: · Thieves escaped with jewelry and $130,000 in cash.
to succeed in leaving after doing something wrong or illegal, especially after being chased: · We ran after the mugger as fast as we could, but he got away.· He got away down a back alley.get away with: · Thieves got away with silver and several valuable paintings, including one by Picasso.
to leave quickly after a crime, especially in a way that you have arranged: · The robbers made their getaway in a stolen car, which was waiting for them outside the bank.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The gunmen made a getaway on foot. Big Bear Lake is a popular weekend getaway.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1an escape from a place or unpleasant situation, especially after committing a crime: The gunmen made a getaway on foot. (=a car etc used by criminals to escape after a crime)
Big Bear Lake is a popular weekend getaway.· He climbed down and removed all his clothing except for his socks, which he left on in order to make a quick getaway.· In case he wants to make. a quick getaway?· You might have to make a quick getaway!· Thanks to this quick getaway aquarium heaters need not be shielded to protect Ampullaria from burns.· Whoever it was must be making a very quick getaway.· Vikings contemplated arduous upstream journeys, but quick getaways.· If Steen turned nasty, he'd be glad of a quick getaway.
NOUN· Their stolen getaway car was found later in Tiger's Bay.· If the Grinch stole Christmas, consumers drove the getaway car.· The red Rover getaway car was abandoned two miles away and was carrying false number plates.· Prosecutors contend that McVeigh used the Mercury as a getaway car to flee the scene of the bombing five days later.· They abandoned their getaway car in Sealand Road.· I drove a getaway car once.· Police recovered a black Opel car, believed to have been used as a getaway car in the attack.· Power was in a getaway car several blocks from the bank.
· They were on the dashboard of his getaway van, which he crashed after the £2,000 raid in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.· The getaway van was later found abandoned along with the stolen scrap metal.· Security guard Ron Letts was crushed by a getaway van when he surprised a gang stealing scrap metal.
· The specials, publicized only on the Internet and good for weekend getaways, are far lower than any other fares.· These are ideal weekend getaways and begin at around $ 500 a person, including air fare.
VERB· You might have to make a quick getaway!· He then makes his getaway in the subway.· Whoever it was must be making a very quick getaway.· There, we spent a night at a Yonchon inn and waited until dawn to make our getaway.· The two gunmen succeeded in making a getaway on foot.· In case a dish fails to appease a customer, Steve Carrasco can always make a flying getaway.· After robbing the van, they made their getaway in the red car, which was abandoned a few hundred yards away.· In case he wants to make. a quick getaway?
The gunmen made a getaway on foot.getaway car/vehicle/van (=a car etc used by criminals to escape after a crime)2especially American English a short holiday away from home, or a place where people go for a short holiday: Big Bear Lake is a popular weekend getaway.