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get away

verb as in break

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I’m tired of running, and I’m done chasing this thing, only for it to get away at the last second.

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Penelope quickly volunteered to take them, for she was desperate to get away from the quarreling.

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“Bears don’t frighten me. And if it is Bertha, I have no intention of letting her get away again. I’ll go investigate. You and the children stay here.”

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It was all rather unsettling to think about; in short, it would be a relief to get away from Ashton Place for a while—and to London!

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“Yes. I mean, yeah,” Ridge replied, walking backward, like he couldn’t wait to get away from them.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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