noun [usuallysing.]
1 an escape from a difficult situation, especially after committing a crime:
to make a quick getaway * a getaway car
2 a short holiday/vacation; a place that is suitable for a holiday/vacation:
a romantic weekend getaway in New York * the popular island getaway of Penang
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for getaway is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does getaway appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — getaway appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
