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Synonyms for gets away
verb run away

escape
dash
fly

decamp
flee
abscond

clear out
get out
bust out

cut and run
get away

Antonyms for gets away

remain
fasten
mend
put together
obey
stabilize
cause

hide
wait
face
stay
attach
fix
join

secure
agree
strengthen
allow
keep quiet
secret

Synonyms
verb leave, retreat

blast off
quit
pull out
vacate
retire
evacuate
go
exit
remove
withdraw
escape
abandon
disappear

absent
abdicate
migrate
troop
secede
start
part
decamp
split
scram
vanish
emigrate
desert

tergiversate
perish
beat it
cut out
hit the road
sally forth
shove off
cut and run
get away
git
go away
go forth
hit the bricks

hit the trail
make a break
march out
move on
move out
say goodbye
set forth
slip away
start out
take leave

Antonyms

remain
persevere
come in
combine
wait

stay
continue
fill
occupy
enter

arrive
join
come
linger
keep to

Synonyms
verb leave a place

blow
quit
depart
retire
get off
withdraw

go out
get
move
split
go
issue

retreat
git
bid farewell
do vanishing act
flake off
get away

go away
move out
say goodbye
take a hike
take one’s leave

Antonyms

remain
surrender
dissuade
come in

arrive
come
stay
continue

enter
discourage
stop
go in

Synonyms
verb run away to escape

fly
jump
take off
depart
get
leave
vanish
desert
retreat
blow
elude

skedaddle
abscond
skip
avoid
scoot
evade
break
scamper
hotfoot
decamp
bolt

scram
vamoose
split
cut out
make off
beat a hasty retreat
cut and run
fly the coop
get away
get the hell out
make a getaway

make oneself scarce
make quick exit
make tracks
step on it
step on the gas
take a hike
take flight
make one’s escape

Antonyms

wait
dawdle
face
stay

arrive
come
continue
meet

take on
join
stand

Synonyms
verb escape, flee

break
take off
run
withdraw
disappear
hightail
hide

skedaddle
abscond
skip
clear
decamp
bolt
avoid

clear out
light out
make off
cut and run
get away
hasten away
make a getaway

make a quick exit
run for it
run from
steal away
take flight

Antonyms

obey
walk
confront
remain

allow
stay
arrive
open

face
meet
land
stay on ground

Synonyms
verb advance, proceed physically

fly
retire
travel
move
leave
pass
progress
flee
fare
repair
hightail
lam
depart
quit

wend
escape
mosey
near
journey
exit
hie
withdraw
cruise
decamp
approach
vamoose
abscond
split

beat it
get off
hit the road
light out
pull out
push off
shove off
take off
bug out
get away
get going
get lost
make a break for it
make for

move out
push on
run along
run away
set off
skip out
take a hike
take a powder
take flight
take leave
make one’s way

Antonyms

remain
wait
create
surrender
face

stay
stop
arrive
come
enter

continue
break
disagree
mismatch
be born

Synonyms
verb be in motion, put in motion

propel
migrate
walk
jump
go
carry
ship
transport
blow
proceed
transfer
travel
cross
relocate
run
drift

progress
change
fly
advance
shift
flow
drive
remove
leave
switch
withdraw
push
climb
traverse
depart
actuate

quit
glide
leap
exit
split
scram
stir
roll
march
transpose
bustle
hurry
crawl
disturb
shove
impel

budge
position
dislocate
get off
pull out
take off
locomote
get away
get going
go away
head for
off-load
skip out

Antonyms

decrease
remain
cease
walk
retreat
retrogress
dissuade
repress
wait
dally
calm

delay
slow
pause
dishearten
hold
keep
stay
face
decline
stop
come

halt
continue
discourage
arrive
enter
leave alone
rest
order
fix

Synonyms
verb leave; go to another place

beat it
continue
depart
exit
fare
go
hie
hit the road

journey
launch
light out
pass
proceed
process
pull out
quit

repair
shove off
start
take off
travel
wend
withdraw
get away

get lost
go away
keep going
make oneself scarce
make progress

Antonyms

arrive

come

Synonyms
verb leave a place or responsibility

relinquish
depart
pull out
separate
remove
withdraw
go
surrender
retreat
revoke
ebb
recede

resign
secede
part
exit
yield
regress
decamp
repeal
rescind
draw back
fall back
get off

hand over
take off
turn in
rusticate
absent oneself
deny oneself
get away
give ground
give up work
give way
go away
go to bed

go to sleep
hit the sack
leave service
make vacant
pull back
run along
seclude oneself
sever connections
stop working
go to one’s room

Antonyms

remain
increase
come in
continue

stay
advance
approve
join

arrive
begin
enter

Synonyms
verb remove something or someone from situation

quit
depart
pull out
retire
disengage
leave
eliminate
go
drop out
retreat
blow
abjure
recede

secede
switch
book
exit
quail
vacate
recoil
detach
extract
shrink
back out
bail out
bow out

check out
draw back
fall back
get off
phase out
take off
pull back
absent oneself
draw away
ease out
exfiltrate
get away
get lost

give ground
give way
keep aloof
keep apart
make oneself scarce
run along
seclude oneself
take a hike
take away
take leave
take out

Antonyms

persevere
come in
combine
unite
remain
permit
come

stay
continue
enter
begin
join
engage
keep

arrive
face
meet
advance
allow

Synonyms
verb leave

beat it
blow
continue
depart
exit
fare
get off
go

hie
journey
launch
light out
pass
proceed
process
pull out

quit
repair
shove off
start
take off
travel
wend
withdraw

get away
get lost
go away
keep going
make progress
push on

Synonyms
verb escape

vamoose
hightail
depart
abscond

decamp
bolt
scram
vanish

flee
disappear
break out
cut and run

get away
make a getaway
run away
take flight

Antonyms

wait
stay

arrive
come

continue
appear

Synonyms
verb escape

emerge
depart
skip
duck
elude
slip
pass
vanish
circumvent
disappear
blow
avoid
dodge
run

abscond
decamp
bolt
shun
flee
desert
fly
elope
double
evade
leave
bail out
break out
cut loose

get off
make off
burst out
cut and run
duck out
fly the coop
get away
get away with
give someone the slip
go scot-free
make a getaway
make getaway
make oneself scarce
play hooky

run away
run off
run out on
slip away
steal away
take a powder
take flight
take it on the lam
take on the lam
work out of
wriggle out

Antonyms

wait
confront
aid
assist
come in
walk
remain

arrive
come
continue
stay
face
meet
take on

encounter
accept
appear
help
stand
stop

Synonyms
verb retire

depart
ebb
remove
go
revoke
repeal
secede
exit
separate
resign
part
decamp

surrender
retreat
rescind
relinquish
recede
yield
pension
withdraw
regress
draw back
fall back
get off

hand over
pull out
take off
turn in
rusticate
absent oneself
deny oneself
get away
give ground
give up work
give way
go away

go to bed
go to sleep
hit the sack
leave service
make vacant
pull back
put out to pasture
run along
seclude oneself
sever connections
stop working
go to one’s room

Antonyms

increase
remain
combine
come in
unite

permit
arrive
come
enter
stay

approve
join
advance
forge
allow

Usage Notes

For nearly 400 years, forms of get have been used with a following past participle to form the passive voice: She got engaged when she was 19. He won’t get accepted with those grades. This use of get rather than of forms of to be in the passive is found today chiefly in speech and informal writing. In British English got is the regular past participle of get, and gotten survives only in a few set phrases, such as ill-gotten gains. In American English gotten, although occasionally criticized, is an alternative standard past participle in most senses, especially in the senses “to receive” or “to acquire”: I have gotten (or got) all that I ever hoped for. Have or has got in the sense “must” has been in use since the early 19th century; often the have or has is contracted: You’ve got to carry your passport at all times. The use of have (or has) got in the sense of “to possess” goes back to the 15th century; it is also frequently contracted: She’s got a master’s degree in biology. These uses are occasionally criticized as redundant on the grounds that have alone expresses the meaning adequately, but they are well established and fully standard in all varieties of speech and writing. In some contexts in American English, substituting gotten for got produces a change in meaning: She’s got (possesses) a new job. She’s gotten (has aquired) a new job. He’s got to (must) attend the wedding. He’s gotten to (has been allowed or enabled to) attend. The children have got (are suffering from) the measles. The children have gotten (have caught) the measles. The use of got without have or has to mean “must” (I got to buy a new suit) is characteristic of the most relaxed, informal speech and does not occur in edited writing except in representations of speech. Gotta is a pronunciation spelling representing this use.