gets (away)

present tense third-person singular of get (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets (away)
Verb
  • The train that Robert De Niro gets off of in the opening credits is the actual Blue Line of the city’s metro system.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • SpaceX's launch pad at the Santa Barbara County spaceport is where another Starlink internet satellite deployment mission gets off the ground.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From the earliest pioneering expeditions and nighttime escapes from bondage to the modern-day road trip, Americans are a people on the move – restless, ambitious and innovative.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Fringilla escapes her captors, weaker but no less determined, and rescues Istredd from his cell.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Gets (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20%28away%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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