Definition

1. Intransitive Verb:
   • To leave or escape from a place, situation, or responsibility: To succeed in leaving, often to take a break or vacation, or to physically escape from confinement.
   • To avoid negative consequences: To not be caught or punished for doing something wrong or forbidden.

Examples of Usage

• Intransitive Verb:
  • We need to get away for the weekend and relax at the cabin.
  • The thief managed to get away before the police arrived.
  • He always tells lies and seems to get away with it.

Advanced Usage

• "to get away from it all": to go on vacation to escape one's usual routine and stresses.

  • After a stressful year, she booked a tropical holiday to get away from it all.

• "to get away with murder" (idiomatic): to do something very bad or extreme without being punished or criticized for it.

  • That child is so spoiled; he gets away with murder at home.

Variants and Related Words

• Getaway (n): an escape or a short vacation.
  • They planned a romantic getaway to the mountains.

Synonyms

• Escape: to break free from confinement or control.
• Flee: to run away from a place or situation of danger.
• Avoid: to keep away from or stop oneself from doing something.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Get away from: to physically leave a place or to distance oneself from an idea or habit.

  • It's hard to get away from the noise of the city.
  • His new theory gets away from traditional scientific models.

• Get away with: to do something wrong or risky without being punished or suffering bad consequences.

  • She thought she could get away with cheating on the test.

Related Idioms

• Make a getaway: to escape, especially from a crime scene.
  • The robbers jumped into a waiting car and made a quick getaway.

Verb

1. 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
2. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
   • She gets away with murder!
   • I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
3. run away from confinement
   • The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison