Synonyms for getaway
ˈgɛt əˌweɪget·away

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1. pickup, getawaynoun

   the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration

   "his car has a lot of pickup"

   Synonyms:
   lam, pickup, pick-me-up, cartridge, pickup truck, pickup arm, tone arm

2. getaway, lamnoun

   a rapid escape (as by criminals)

   "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"

   Synonyms:
   pickup, lam

Matched Categories

1. • Acceleration
   • Escape

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1. List of paraphrases for "getaway":

   tangent, leak, leakage, escape, escapement

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How to use getaway in a sentence?

1. Eric Bradley:

   We are English back to I don’t know when, but I know there is Jewish blood in the family, they might have worried they’d have to buy their way out of England. Maybe it was part of a getaway plan.

2. Daniel Lau:

   Rooftopping is like a getaway from city life to me -- Hong Kong is such a fast-paced city with so much pressure and noise, when I'm on a rooftop, everything slows down, you don't hear anything but wind, all the rush from the ground became like slow-motion.

3. Timothy Bono:

   A lavish vacation of several weeks will not necessarily bring more happiness than a quick getaway that lasts just a few days. In fact, it may actually bring more happiness in the long run to go on two short vacations, separated by several months, than one long one each year, you'd have two sets of experiences to look forward to and two sets of memories to look back on and relive for years to come.

4. Rachel Campos-Duffy:

   Joe Biden is giving up and going to the beach, the president has no events today and instead is in Delaware for a holiday getaway, while omicron spikes all across the country.

5. Danielle Hale:

   Instead of looking for a getaway destination that's a little bit further away, they are looking for something that’s close to home.