getaway car

collocation in English

meaningsofgetawayandcar

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getaway
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡet.ə.weɪ/us
/ˈɡet̬.ə.weɪ/
an occasion when someone leaves a place quickly, usually after committing ...
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car
noun[C]
uk
/kɑːr/us
/kɑːr/
a road vehicle with an engine, four wheels, and seats for a small number ...
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(Definition ofgetawayandcarfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The criminals agree and blindfolds him and take him away in thegetawaycarinstead.
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His assassin escaped to a nearbygetawaycar.
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At 18, he drove agetawaycarin an armed robbery.
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The car that struck her was thegetawaycarfor the robbery of a nearby pharmacy.
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He stops a motor car 20 miles from the river because it was thought that that was the way thegetawaycarhad gone.
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Of course police cars may have to chase criminals, for example, thegetawaycarafter a bank robbery.
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Then several specialists can be hired which disable alarms, open locks or drive thegetawaycar.
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Blue makes it to hisgetawaycar, but dies a few minutes later in the driver's seat.
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The officers jumped out of their 4x4 vehicle and pursued the robbers after the security officer had blocked theirgetawaycarwith his van.
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The three boys run out of the house to agetawaycar.
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Thegetawaycarused at the ransom exchange had been found by police, and it was identified as having been stolen weeks before.
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It exploded as they ran to agetawaycar, causing the building to collapse.
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A perpetrator can escape a crime scene by running, riding a horse, driving agetawaycar, or riding with a getaway driver.
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Three suspects crashed theirgetawaycartwo blocks from the school, fleeing from a nearby home.
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Thegetawaycarhad been prepared by the police so that the engine could be stopped by remote control.
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Olaf abandons his disguise and escapes in hisgetawaycar.
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It was later learned that the student drove thegetawaycar.
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