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How to pronounce getaway in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms pickup
Type of acceleration
Type Words
Synonyms lam
Type of escape, flight
Derivation get away


the thieves made a clean getaway.

Examples of getaway

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Morris and the Anglin brothers spent more than two years planning their getaway.
From the time.com
It's always a comfort to see the bright red Exit sign guiding your getaway path.
From the washingtonpost.com
DiMeo's mother, Maryann Taylor, is serving 15 years for driving the getaway car.
From the sfgate.com
The lake in the San Bernardino mountains has been a getaway for most of my life.
From the ocregister.com
It was reportedly an eerie, late-summer getaway when the hotel was nearly empty.
From the denverpost.com
Win a getaway this festival season with the Eldorado's Spring Festival Giveaway.
From the sacbee.com
My three-day getaway, including a couple of wonderful dinners, cost all of $400.
From the washingtonpost.com
Cheap Flights are offering a four-night getaway to Bangkok for $1145 per person.
From the couriermail.com.au
Win a $10,000 luxury family getaway in Nelson thanks to Sealord on the Food Hub.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • Pickup: the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
  • A rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
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