Synonyms for get away
get away

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1. escape, get away, break looseverb

   run away from confinement

   "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

   Synonyms:
   miss, scat, burst forth, escape, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, explode, lam

2. get off, get away, get by, get out, escapeverb

   escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

   "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

   Synonyms:
   scarper, trip out, go out, fly the coop, get off, scat, trip, run away, get around, mail, send, send off, lam, dismount, get down, break away, get by, head for the hills, grapple, bunk, take to the woods, deal, pull, hop out, get out, take out, break, manage, leave, break loose, turn on, make out, miss, bring out, pull out, draw, hightail it, elude, exit, run, contend, cope, make do, escape, light, unhorse, turn tail

3. escape, get awayverb

   remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

   "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

   Synonyms:
   miss, scat, escape, break away, bunk, run away, get out, break loose, get off, take to the woods, scarper, fly the coop, turn tail, run, head for the hills, elude, hightail it, get by, lam

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1. escapeverb

   she finally had a chance to escape her prison.

   Submitted by Soulwriter on July 11, 2021  

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1. get away

   Synonyms:
   depart, go away

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1. Nick Diaz:

   I never enjoyed fighting, it’s just something that I do. It’s just what I do. I tried to get away from it, but really it’s kind of inevitable. It is. All the people around me and all the money and sponsors, they won’t let me get away from fighting. There’s things I could do, but it’s not going to work out. I might as well just go and take my punches.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   How arrogant and sexist can you be? It’s not OK to let people with a long progressive record get away with being sexist.

3. Harrison Liu:

   It isn’t only older guests, there is a real segment of interest for those who have the means to get away like this.

4. Maaz Jewelers Usman Bhatti:

   They know they will get away with that, and then nothing has happened so far, and… nobody's doing anything, they got all the surveillance videos… they have been working on them but haven't heard anything.

5. John Bogle:

   The accounting firms have been letting corporations get away with reporting all kinds of funny pro forma earnings, the addition of Jim Doty to the PCAOB was a big upgrade. And if the firms are angry with him, he’s clearly doing something right.