getaway
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getaways
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getaways
Learner's definition of GETAWAY
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1
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the act of getting away or escaping
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The robbers made a clean getaway. [=escape]
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He drove the getaway car [=the car used by criminals to leave the scene of a crime]
2
a
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a short vacation
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We're planning a weekend getaway to the mountains.
b
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a place where people go for a short vacation
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see also get away at get
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The resort advertises itself as the perfect island getaway.
