Get away meaning
Get away is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to succeed in escaping a location or another person's control, particularly when this is difficult.
- Past simple
- got away
- Past participle
- got away
- -ing form
- getting away
What get away means
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To succeed in escaping a location or another person's control, particularly when this is difficult
The thief got away through a side door.
1 more meaning of get away is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With get: get back, get on, get in, get out, get along, get together, get around, get off, get at, get away with.
With away: give away, go away, put away, throw away, take away, come away, run away, idle away, keep away, pass away.
Common questions
What does get away mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to succeed in escaping a location or another person's control, particularly when this is difficult. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of get away?
Got away, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
