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getaway

 
 
/ˈgetəweɪ/ noun [C]

Translation

when someone leaves a place quickly, especially after committing a crime
kaçma, kaçış, firar
They had a car waiting outside so they could make a quick getaway.1622
(Definition of getaway noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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