Thesaurus / get
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The man called Shiv was driving Delancy's get-away car at a conservative pace so as not to excite suspicion.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSTen minutes later, Delancy drove the get-away car out of the service station.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSIt was in this room that Delancy's get-away car had changed paint jobs, and in about ten minutes.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSBut the exquisite was used to it; he would only have felt badly if they had ignored his new get-up.
THE GIRLS OF CENTRAL HIGH ON THE STAGEGERTRUDE W. MORRISONThere was some sort of a phonograph device under the cowl of that get-away car, and this was hooked up to the radio switch.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSHer face was haggard; her general get-up was in something like scarecrow disorder; she didn't even care how she looked.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTIt's just as his frind, th' most prom'nent get-rich-quick-man iv his time, wanst said: 'Readin' makes a man full.'
MR. DOOLEY SAYSFINLEY DUNNEI wasn't sure whether that collar was part of your get-up as an eccentric comedian.
SINISTER STREET, VOL. 1COMPTON MACKENZIEWe may make our get-away to the East, or we may stop here for good—under ground.
HIDDEN GOLDWILDER ANTHONYBlack Fan had much the worst of the get-away and it looked as if she would be left in the stretch.
WATCH YOURSELF GO BYAL. G. FIELDWORDS RELATED TO GET
- apprehends
- arrests
- bags
- busts
- catches
- collars
- conquers
- cops
- gains control
- gets
- grabs
- hooks
- lands
- nabs
- nails
- nets
- occupies
- overwhelms
- picks up
- pinches
- prehends
- pulls in
- puts the cuffs on
- rounds up
- runs in
- secures
- seizes
- snares
- snatches
- takes
- takes captive
- takes into custody
- takes prisoner
- traps
- tumbles
- backpacks
- bears
- brings
- carts
- channels
- conducts
- conveys
- convoys
- displaces
- ferries
- fetches
- freights
- funnels
- gives
- hauls
- hefts
- hoists
- imports
- lifts
- lugs
- moves
- packs
- pipes
- portages
- relays
- relocates
- removes
- schlepps
- shifts
- shoulders
- sustains
- takes
- totes
- trajects
- transfers
- transmits
- transplants
- trucks
- wafts
- allures
- argues into
- arm-twists
- barters
- beguiles
- blandishes
- blarneys
- butters up
- cajoles
- comes on
- cons
- decoys
- entices
- flatters
- gets
- hooks
- importunes
- induces
- influences
- inveigles
- jawbones
- lures
- pesters
- plagues
- presses
- prevails upon
- rope in
- soft-soaps
- soothes
- sweet-talks
- talks into
- teases
- tempts
- urges
- wangles
- wheedles
- works on
- worms
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