get away (from someone or something)

get away (from someone or something)
get away (from someone or something)
1. to escape from someone, something, or some place. •

Max did get away from the prison guard but was caught soon after.

Mary couldn't get away from the telephone all morning.

2. Go to away (from someone or something).

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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