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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun getaway has 2 senses

• getaway(n = noun.attribute) pickup - the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
is a kind of acceleration

• getaway(n = noun.act) lam - a rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
is a kind of escape, flight
Derived form verb get away₁

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

getaway

abandonment, acceleration, break, breakout, decampment, deliverance, delivery, departure, drive, egress, emergence, escape, escapism, evacuation, evasion, exit, exodus, extrication, flight, freeing, going, hegira, impetus, issuance, issue, jailbreak, lam, leak, leakage, leaving, liberation, outlet, parting, passing, pickup, prisonbreak, quickening, release, removal, rescue, retirement, retreat, riddance, scape, setting-free, slip, speedup, step-up, thrust, vent, walkout, withdrawal

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