make a getaway

VERB

absquatulate

Synonyms

STRONG

abscond bolt decamp depart disappear flee hightail scram vamoose vanish

WEAK

break out cut and run get away run away take flight

Antonyms

STRONG

appear arrive come continue stay wait

VERB

flee

Synonyms

STRONGEST

depart desert fly get jump leave retreat take off vanish

STRONG

abscond avoid blow bolt break decamp elude evade hotfoot scamper scoot scram skedaddle skip slip slip away split vamoose

WEAK

beat a hasty retreat cut and run cut out fly the coop get away get the hell out make off make one's escape make oneself scarce make quick exit make tracks step on it step on the gas take a hike take flight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

arrive come continue face stay

STRONG

dawdle join meet take on wait

WEAK

stand

VERB

fly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break disappear run take off withdraw

STRONG

abscond avoid bolt clear decamp hide hightail skedaddle skip

WEAK

clear out cut and run get away hasten away light out make a quick exit make off run for it run from steal away take flight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

remain stay

STRONG

confront face

WEAK

arrive obey

VERB

lam

Synonyms

STRONG

abscond avoid blow bolt circumvent decamp depart desert disappear dodge double duck elope elude emerge evade flee fly leave pass run shun skip vanish

WEAK

bail out break out burst out cut and run cut loose duck out fly the coop get away get away with get off give someone the slip go scot-free make getaway make off make oneself scarce play hooky run away run off run out on slip away steal away take a powder take flight take it on the lam take on the lam work out of wriggle out

Antonyms

STRONG

accept aid appear arrive assist come come in confront continue encounter face help meet remain stand stay stop take on wait walk

Example Sentences

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So the thieves made a critical decision: They left the truck intact and jumped on their scooters to make a getaway along the Seine River.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Photographers, broadcasters and some fans surrounded the champion's car as he attempted to make a getaway.

From BBC • May 6, 2023

Every few years, a Selig Zoo inmate would make a getaway and make headlines.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2021

After arriving in 2014, Ali found work in Diffa fixing motorcycles, but then they were banned to prevent attackers using them to make a getaway.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2016

It would be against common sense to have the apes allow him to make a getaway.

From Astounding Stories, August, 1931 by Various

make a getaway

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