get away from

idiom

1

: to go away from (a place)

I can't get away from the office till after five.

—often used figuratively

The company is having problems because they've gotten away from the things they do best.

2

: to avoid being caught by (someone)

The robbers got away from the police in a fast car.

—sometimes used figuratively

You can't get away from the facts.

There's no getting away from the facts.

Examples of get away from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sulton added that Mitchell went into the women's bathroom to get away from the attacker. —CBS News, 11 July 2024

Even Hollywood’s biggest stars may sometimes need to get away from Tinseltown and all that talk about box office declines, streaming challenges, and the threats of TikTok and generative AI. —Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024

The 7 Best Garden Forks of 2024 Weeding Aisles Garden aisles can get away from us, and sometimes, a little help from a power tool is in order. —Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2024

Closing the Teton Pass for even a few weeks means cutting off a vital artery for people who live in Idaho but work in Jackson, a mountain and ski haven that has become a playground for Hollywood celebrities, tech tycoons and billionaires looking to get away from city life. —Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 13 June 2024