Eksempler på getaway

• Common nouns of this type are blackout, break-up, getaway, get-together, hold-up, mix-up, sit-in, and take-off.

• One regular client joked that before a burglary he always took a bath so that he could make a clean getaway.

• We have all seen those old cowboy films in which the baddies make their getaway by crossing the state line.

• In these days of cars and quick getaways those powers are not adequate for a police constable.

• The two parties are making their getaway, and one man covers the other.

• The lorry had been stolen, and, in making their getaway, the thieves had mounted the pavement with the lorry and run over this young lad.

• Is this another preparation for a proper getaway?

• It is reported as it makes its getaway, yet the authorities take no steps to intercept it.