getaway
Example Sentences
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Burbank police had been tracking the getaway car with a GPS device and pulled the trio over shortly after.
From Los Angeles Times
His 24-year-old son, Benjamin Kanter, remembers attending getaways as a child, playing games at the dining table while adults talked business.
Airbnb also noted that “travelers have been eager to embark on their own private cottage getaway,” with a 40% increase in property searches in Muskoka since the finale aired in late December.
From Los Angeles Times
“My dad made this big ‘family announcement’ at breakfast—he’s taking a job transfer, and that little ‘getaway’ my parents were on was actually a house-hunting trip!
From Literature
A burnt out vehicle matching the description of the getaway car was found in the nearby suburb of South Turramurra shortly afterwards.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
