get away

get away
1) (to (be able to) leave: I usually get away (from the office) at four-thirty.) (poder) salir
2) (to escape: The thieves got away in a stolen car.) escapar, darse a la fuga
get away vb escaparse / irse
the police caught one of them, but the others got away la policía detuvo a uno de ellos, pero los otros se escaparon
Sense I
1) v + adv
(escape) escaparse

there's no getting away from the fact that ... — hay que reconocer or es un hecho insoslayable que ...

2)
a) (leave) salir*

I got away from work early — salí or me escapé pronto del trabajo

b) (go on vacation) irse* or salir* de vacaciones

to get away from it all — alejarse del mundanal ruido

3) (expressing incredulity) (BrE colloq)

get away (with you)! — dale! (fam), anda (ya)! (esp Esp fam)

Sense II
4) v + o + adv (remove, take away)

get that dog away from my petunias! — quita or saca a ese perro de mis petunias!

we got the knife away from him — le quitamos el cuchillo

1. VI + ADV
1) (=depart) salir (from de); (at start of race) escapar; (=go away) irse

I couldn't get away any sooner — (from work) no pude salir antes

I didn't get away till seven thirty — no conseguí marcharme hasta las siete y media

I can't get away before the 15th — no puedo escaparme or irme antes del 15

it would be lovely to get away somewhere — sería maravilloso irse a algún sitio

get away! — (=go away) ¡vete ya!, ¡lárgate!

• to get away from — [+ place, person] escaparse de

it's time we got away from this idea — es hora de que abandonemos esta idea

2) (=move away) apartarse (from de)

• I yelled at him to get away from the edge — le chillé que se apartase del borde

3) (=escape) escaparse (from de)

you let them get away! — ¡dejaste que se escapasen!

he let a golden opportunity get away — dejó escapar una oportunidad única

• to get away from it all — escapar de todo

• there's no getting away from it * — es algo que no podemos más que aceptar, no se lo puede negar

get away with
2.
VT + ADV (=remove)

• to get sth away from sb — (=remove) quitar algo a algn

get that snake away from me! — ¡quítame esa serpiente de delante!

to get sb away from sth: I can't get him away from that computer — no puedo despegarlo del ordenador

we managed to get her away from the party — conseguimos sacarla de la fiesta con grandes esfuerzos

you must get her away to the country — tienes que llevártela al campo

* * *
Sense I
1) v + adv
(escape) escaparse

there's no getting away from the fact that ... — hay que reconocer or es un hecho insoslayable que ...

2)
a) (leave) salir*

I got away from work early — salí or me escapé pronto del trabajo

b) (go on vacation) irse* or salir* de vacaciones

to get away from it all — alejarse del mundanal ruido

3) (expressing incredulity) (BrE colloq)

get away (with you)! — dale! (fam), anda (ya)! (esp Esp fam)

Sense II
4) v + o + adv (remove, take away)

get that dog away from my petunias! — quita or saca a ese perro de mis petunias!

we got the knife away from him — le quitamos el cuchillo


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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