get away
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
run away from confinement
The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
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Sense 2 verb
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
She gets away with murder!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dodging derivation
Sense 3 verb
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
We escaped to our summer house for a few days
Types & categories
- escape hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | escape |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lam |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | escape |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | escapee |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | break away |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shake off |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elude |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | run away |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | get away |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodging |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | avoid |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | evade |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodging |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | escapist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | escape |