getaway
ge tuh way
- n the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration
- n a rapid escape (as by criminals)
the thieves made a clean getaway
- Fake IDs used to rent getaway cars in an earlier robbery had been traced to a store where Dohrn worked.
- When police arrived, he demanded $100,000 in cash, a getaway car and a copy of The Widow's Son, a 1985 novel about secret societies in an 18th century Parisian prison.
- Headed for a getaway? Traveling for business, pleasure or both? Whether you're making your way by plane, train, automobile, or even your own two feet, no trip is complete these .