Getaway and Road

Getaway

Getaway noun - The act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement.

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Road and getaway are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Road" instead a noun "Getaway".

Road noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Getaway and road are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Getaway" instead a noun "Road".

Nearby Words: roadway, roadside, roadless, roadie

Of course, Hilarity Ensues with the little burst of speed the Road Runner puts on for his getaway (one exception being "Sugar and Spies," when the Coyote was knocked down by a thrown briefcase).

Source: Western Animation / Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
But when her use of it accidentally lets some robbers make a clean getaway (freezing the robbers' getaway car, as well as the road, actually allows it to slide to safety), she vows not to use it anymore.

Source: New Super Power
In North By Northwest, Cary Grant's character is force-fed a bottle of whiskey and put behind the wheel of a car - as he makes a getaway we see the road from his seeing-double perspective, curving and going straight at the same time.

Source: Impairment Shot

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