getting (away)

verb

present participle of get (away)
as in getting off

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  1. getting off
  2. escaping
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  • Katie, who worked at the TD Bank on Shore Parkway in Bath Beach, typically met up with her parents at the Wendy’s next to her job after getting off work.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • For Dallas, that has been one of the biggest issues for the defense — getting off the field and not allowing an offense to take huge chunks off the clock.
    — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Oct. 2026
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  • The same gas is commonly found escaping from magmatic vents on Earth, with the compound coming from hot magma beneath the surface.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The celebrity barn owls’ saga follows in the footsteps of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl, who captivated the city for a year after escaping from the Central Park Zoo after someone cut a hole through the mesh of his enclosure.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
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“Getting (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20%28away%29. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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