get away
verb- To move away (from). · Get away from the edge of the cliff!· Get away from me!
- To avoid capture; to escape; to flee (from). · Surround the bank! Don't let the robber get away!· I almost caught the critter, but it got away from me.
- To take a break from one's present circumstances; to journey (to), especially on holiday. · This place is really getting me down. I need to get away for a while.· Next weekend we're hoping to get away to the seaside.
- To start moving; to depart. · The train got away exactly on time.
- To slip from one's control. · I can't cope any more. Things are getting away from me.
From the library
She was looking about for some way of escape, and wondering whether she could get away without being seen, when she noticed a curious appearance in the air: it puzzled her very much at first, but, after watching it a minute or two, she made it out to be a grin, and she said to herself “It’s the Cheshire Cat: now I shall have somebody to talk to.”
Lady Catherine had been rendered so exceedingly angry by the contents of her nephew’s letter, that Charlotte, really rejoicing in the match, was anxious to get away till the storm was blown over.
If the elephants and the tigers and the bears had ever tried to fight me, I should have run myself—I’m such a coward; but just as soon as they hear me roar they all try to get away from me, and of course I let them go.”
But Dorothy did not know this, nor could she get away from the bright red flowers that were everywhere about; so presently her eyes grew heavy and she felt she must sit down to rest and to sleep.
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