A metaphor for a situation in which someone finally gets away from an unwanted partner. Someone who has found a rebound after a breakup, may have used that rebound as a Getaway car.
A Getaway Car is usually a vehicle that criminals use to get away after they commit a crime. To a person who wants to leave an unhappy relationship, any excuse and circumstance can be used as a getaway car, such as pregnancy from an ex, emotional unavailability, or supposed death of a family member.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift coined this version of the term on her 2017 song Getaway Car.
A Getaway Car is usually a vehicle that criminals use to get away after they commit a crime. To a person who wants to leave an unhappy relationship, any excuse and circumstance can be used as a getaway car, such as pregnancy from an ex, emotional unavailability, or supposed death of a family member.
American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift coined this version of the term on her 2017 song Getaway Car.
“You really used your pregnancy from an ex as a Getaway Car to leave the person you’re currently seeing?”
“You cheated on your partner? That’s the perfect Getaway Car!!”
“You cheated on your partner? That’s the perfect Getaway Car!!”
by partylikeits1989 October 22, 2020
Get the Getaway Car mug.The person that you could've and should've ended up with but didn't, usually because of a series of poor choices on your end. You pine over them and wonder what could've been all the while stalking them through mutual friends and on facebook, becoming extremely jealous over anyone that looks twice at them. You try to express your regret but they usually won't believe you unless you do some sort of grand gesture. The one that got away is someone that you will forever regret. In other words Trevor Sharod White.
by 1scooby August 18, 2011
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1. to leave town
2. to flee the scene of a crime
3. something used to leave town
4. something used to flee the scene of a crime
2. to flee the scene of a crime
3. something used to leave town
4. something used to flee the scene of a crime
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Get the getaway sticks mug.1. The mate from a past relationship or friendship who, in the present reality, seems the ideal match, if it weren't for some force beyond your control, fate or otherwise, keeping you apart.
2. In virtually any context, someone you meet and share a significant encounter with who holds qualities akin to "the one" but for circumstance sake you are separated from; always after the fact.
3. The person dated casually, but never seriously, who could have been more.
4. In Bro Parlance: The one girl who a guy liked but with whom he never quite connected or "scored".
5. More broadly, any love regret More apt: A One That Got Away.
Origin: Fishing phrase.
2. In virtually any context, someone you meet and share a significant encounter with who holds qualities akin to "the one" but for circumstance sake you are separated from; always after the fact.
3. The person dated casually, but never seriously, who could have been more.
4. In Bro Parlance: The one girl who a guy liked but with whom he never quite connected or "scored".
5. More broadly, any love regret More apt: A One That Got Away.
Origin: Fishing phrase.
1. She hadn't seen James in years. And when she did, she wondered why they had ever broken up. All of a sudden she thought he might be The One That Got Away.
2. They had met on vacation, and he knew it was going be short. But Tom still considered Kayla to be The One That Got Away.
3. He had dated Rose during freshman year of college, but they decided to be friends and they've been close ever since. Every now and then he remembers what it was like to kiss her. Maybe she was The One That Got Away.
4. The girl you go to your 10 year high school reunion for: Maybe I can have that chance I never got with The One That Got Away.
5. Sally always wondered why Jeff had never called; she did have a a great rack, after all. He was just The One That Got Away.
2. They had met on vacation, and he knew it was going be short. But Tom still considered Kayla to be The One That Got Away.
3. He had dated Rose during freshman year of college, but they decided to be friends and they've been close ever since. Every now and then he remembers what it was like to kiss her. Maybe she was The One That Got Away.
4. The girl you go to your 10 year high school reunion for: Maybe I can have that chance I never got with The One That Got Away.
5. Sally always wondered why Jeff had never called; she did have a a great rack, after all. He was just The One That Got Away.
by yozinator April 3, 2011
Get the The One That Got Away mug.A reference to a person that could have been the true love of your life. A reference to a person you always wonder "What if...?"
"Dude! Who is that girl over there talking to your girlfriend? She is so hot!"
"The one that got away."
"Girl who's that handsome guy talking to your husband?"
"The one that got away."
"The one that got away."
"Girl who's that handsome guy talking to your husband?"
"The one that got away."
by Mr Special August 18, 2019
Get the The one that got away mug.This term is used to describe a sexual act that involves one unsuspecting female and more than two males. The act begins with a guy and girl having sex in a very dark room with no vision. Once the first guy is done, he will excuse himself into the restroom and the next guy will enter without the girl ever knowing. Once again, when this guy takes care of buisness, he will then excuse himself and enter another participant or the first guy again. So the term Quick Getaway is exactly as it sounds. Commit the crime and get the hell out of there before the victim knows what happened.
by Wun Hung Lo July 29, 2008
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