to escape from a person or place
to go somewhere different from where you live in order to have a rest or a holiday
to manage to leave a place, especially your work
used for saying that you are very surprised by what someone has told you
A police officer grabbed him, but he got away.
And still the bank gets away with it.
But why shouldn't new Labour get away with it?
Commentators who make such judgments get away far too lightly.
Do you throw yourself into busy to get away from other things that are not very pleasant and not easy to deal with?
He also lets me get away with being a bit bossy.
He said he’d meet me for lunch if he could get away.
He said: 'I wanted to get away for a few days to assess what happened.
Is there anywhere one can get away from it?
It is hard nowadays to get away with something so elemental.
It was a perfect opportunity still get away with it.
MPs can get away with just about anything they like.
No other group of workers would get away with it with such seeming impunity.
On days like today, I just want to get away from it all.
People would flee anywhere just to get away.
She said: 'I let him get away with it.
Showed quick feet to get away a shot under pressure midway through the first half.
Somewhere to get away from the darkness.
The dog got away from me in the park.
The question is whether her attacker will get away with it.
The warring siblings have gone on holiday to get away from the storm caused over the OASIS split.
The weekend just gone was the worst because of people trying to get away on holiday.
There is something to be got away from and something to be got back to.
There was no way he was going to get away with what he had done.
They make arrangements to get away for an overnight once or twice a year.
We just about got away with that.
You are not going to get away with that anymore.
You can also get away with a head piece at Goodwood.
gets away
getting away
got away
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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