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getaway
CIDE DICTIONARY
getaway, n.
- rapid acceleration. [WordNet 1.5]
- a rapid escape (as by criminals); as, the thieves made a clean getaway; they made their getaway in a stolen car. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
getaway
abandonment, acceleration, break, breakout, decampment, deliverance, delivery, departure, drive, egress, emergence, escape, escapism, evacuation, evasion, exit, exodus, extrication, flight, freeing, going, hegira, impetus, issuance, issue, jailbreak, lam, leak, leakage, leaving, liberation, outlet, parting, passing, pickup, prisonbreak, quickening, release, removal, rescue, retirement, retreat, riddance, scape, setting-free, slip, speedup, step-up, thrust, vent, walkout, withdrawalFor further exploring for "getaway" in Webster Dictionary Online