Meaning of getaway car | Babel Free

Definitions

A car (motor vehicle) that is left with the motor running and a driver in position while a crime is being committed so that the perpetrators may flee the scene quickly.

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Examples

“There was an average Monday There was a movie star There was a man with a gun There was a getaway car”

“I'm in a getaway car I left you in a motel bar Put the money in the bag and I stole the keys That was the last time you ever saw me”

“The police had found the getaway car in the field. The rain had washed most of the yellow paint off the Mini to reveal the Union Jack underneath. There was no doubt that the car was Queenie. This led the police to their prime suspect, the car’s owner, Gilbert Goodie.”

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