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Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting (away)
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The primary win for Phoenix was getting off Royce O’Neale’s salary.
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Simply a live broadcast of the team getting off the bus at the stadium.
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The combination remained effective because escaping both antibodies required multiple simultaneous mutations rather than a single genetic change.
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Workers were able to prevent more than 1,000 other monkeys at the facility from escaping.
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“Getting (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20%28away%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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