getaway

See also: get-away and get away

English

Alternative forms

• get-away (adjective)

Etymology

From the verb phrase get away.

Noun

getaway (plural getaways)

1. A means of escape.
2. The effecting of an escape.
3. (informal) A vacation or holiday, or the destination for one.

Synonyms

• (vacation, holiday): leave, time off; see also Thesaurus:vacation

Translations

means of escape

• Georgian: გასაქცევი (gasakcevi)
• Italian: fuga (it) f

effecting of an escape

• Bulgarian: бягство n (bjagstvo), измъкване (bg) n (izmǎkvane)

• Georgian: გაქცევა (gakceva), გაპარვა (gaṗarva)
• German: Flucht (de) f

vacation or destination

• Georgian: გაქცევა (gakceva), გაპარვა (gaṗarva)
• German: Kurzurlaub (de) m (vacation); Erholungsort m (destination)

• Italian: fuga (it) f

Adjective

getaway (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to an escape, as in a vehicle or plans.

   They'd been discussing their getaway plans for weeks.

Translations

pertaining to an escape

• German: Flucht- (de)

Anagrams

• gateway, waygate