All get away with synonyms
get aΒ·way with
G g verb get away with
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- dodge β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- avoid β If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- run β execution
- vanish β to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
- flee β to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
- disappear β to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- abscond β If someone absconds from somewhere such as a prison, they escape from it or leave it without permission.
- skip β to move in a light, springy manner by bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- double β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
- decamp β If you decamp, you go away from somewhere secretly or suddenly.
- bolt β A bolt is a long metal object which screws into a nut and is used to fasten things together.
- duck β any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
- shun β to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
- circumvent β If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- bail out β If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- cut loose β to free or become freed from restraint, custody, anchorage, etc
- get off β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- make off β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- burst out β If someone bursts out laughing, crying, or making another noise, they suddenly start making that noise. You can also say that a noise bursts out.
- cut and run β to make a rapid escape
- duck out β leave secretly
- fly the coop β an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- make oneself scarce β insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- play hooky β play truant, be absent from school
- run away β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run off β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run out on β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- take a powder β British Dialect. to rush.
- take flight β an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
- wriggle out β to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm.
- acquit β If someone is acquitted of a crime in a court of law, they are formally declared not to have committed the crime.
- walk β to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- break out β If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- give someone the slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- take it on the lam β a hasty escape; flight.