Get+away
111get*/*/*/ — [get] (past tense got [gɒt] ; past participle got) verb 1) [T] to obtain, receive, or be given something Ross s father got a new job.[/ex] Did you get tickets for the game?[/ex] You get ten points for each correct answer.[/ex] Young players will… …
112Get — (g[e^]t), v. i. 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [1913 Webster] We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To arrive at, or bring one s self into, a state,… …
113away — [ə wā′] adv. [ME < OE aweg < phr. on weg < on, on + weg, WAY, in the sense “from this (that) place”] 1. from any given place; off [to run away] 2. in another place, esp. the proper place [to put one s tools away] 3. in another direction… …
114get off scot-free — get away/get off/scot free phrase to avoid punishment for doing something that deserves punishment Criminals such as these cannot be allowed to get away scot free. Thesaurus: to escape or avoid punishmentsynonym punishment of being legally killed …
115get off — {v.} 1. To come down from or out of. * /The ladder fell, and Tom couldn t get off the roof./ * /The bus stopped, the door opened, and Father got off./ 2. To take off. * /Joe s mother told him to get his wet clothes off./ 3. To get away; leave. *… …
116get off — {v.} 1. To come down from or out of. * /The ladder fell, and Tom couldn t get off the roof./ * /The bus stopped, the door opened, and Father got off./ 2. To take off. * /Joe s mother told him to get his wet clothes off./ 3. To get away; leave. *… …
117get off scot-free — get away/off scot free informal to avoid the punishment that you deserve or expect. If you don t take out a complaint against him he ll get off scot free! …
118you can't get away from something — there s no getting aˈway from sth | you can t get aˈway from sth idiom you have to admit that sth unpleasant is true Main entry: ↑getidiom …
119get — [c]/gɛt / (say get) verb (got, got or, Chiefly US, gotten, Archaic, gat, getting) –verb (t) 1. to obtain, gain, or acquire by any means: to get favour by service; get a good price. 2. to fetch or bring: I w …
120get — gettable, getable, adj. /get/, v., got or (Archaic) gat; got or gotten; getting, n. v.t. 1. to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension. 2. to cause to be in one s possession or succeed …
