getaway

/ˈget̬·əˌweɪ/ n [C]

Definition

› an escape, esp. from a dangerous situation: The men made their getaway in a car parked outside the bank. › A getaway is also a place where you go for a vacation: a getaway in the Poconos

(Definition of getaway n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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