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getaway noun [ ˈɡɛtəweɪ ]

• an escape or quick departure, especially after committing a crime.
• "the thieves made their getaway"
Similar: escape, breakout, break, bolt for freedom, running away, flight, bolting, absconding, decamping, fleeing, flit, disappearance, vanishing act, abscondment, decampment,
• a short holiday.
• "a weekend getaway"


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