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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