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

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

by Leckdon August 16, 2019

While talking to my girlfriend, I made a reference to the escape scene in The Shawshank Redemption, but it turned out she had never seen the movie. I had simply made the Shawshank Assumption that she had.
by Vesto2000 September 9, 2021

When a person on a date escapes, ghosting the other person mid-date, leaving them abandoned and befuddled.
I met her at a classy restaurant, she's there maybe five minutes and says she needs the ladies room, and then she Shawshanked me, leaving me with like 15 White Castle burgers I had to eat on my own.
by Harry the Horrible February 9, 2021
