To get out of a relationship with someone who you were not attracted to or particularly fond of anymore.
"So I heard you're single now, man."
"Yeah...after I realized that she was cheating, I decided it was time for Getting out of Shawshank and became a free man."
"Yeah...after I realized that she was cheating, I decided it was time for Getting out of Shawshank and became a free man."
by CrowNasty May 10, 2012

by CallMeTomRusso December 15, 2009

Person 1: “Hey, I heard Jimmy pulled a Shawshank in English yesterday.”
Person 2: “Sick! One day I’d love to skip a class like that.”
Person 2: “Sick! One day I’d love to skip a class like that.”
by YellowBinLorry May 24, 2023

When you order a new pair of shoes from Amazon, put your old ones in the box, and return them for a refund.
by Crabkilla2001 April 5, 2024

by Marry Swanson August 31, 2021

When you slowly chip away at your partner's sexual conservatism until the hole final opens and your crawling through a river of shit and coming up smiling on the other side.
"Awh mate, you done Stacey up the sewer pipe yet?"
"Nawh mate, she's a bit vanilla but I've been shawshanking her and I final got the butt plug in!"
"Nawh mate, she's a bit vanilla but I've been shawshanking her and I final got the butt plug in!"
by Church94 September 22, 2019

Friend: Why are there scratches all over your arms?
Me: I did the Shawshank alarm clock on my girlfriend today
Me: I did the Shawshank alarm clock on my girlfriend today
by 3scort August 6, 2019
