get away

Questions about get away

What does get away mean?

get away means "run away from confinement". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for get away?

Close synonyms include escape, break loose, get off, get by, get out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get away a common word?

get away is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.