GET AWAY


Meaning of GET AWAY in English

1.

If you get away , you succeed in leaving a place or a person’s company.

She’d gladly have gone anywhere to get away from the cottage...

I wanted a divorce. I wanted to get away.

= escape

PHRASAL VERB : V P from n , V P

2.

If you get away , you go away for a period of time in order to have a holiday.

He is too busy to get away.

PHRASAL VERB : V P

3.

When someone or something gets away , or when you get them away , they escape.

Dr Dunn was apparently trying to get away when he was shot...

I wanted to get her away to somewhere safe.

PHRASAL VERB : V P , V n P

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