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 February 25, 2012
by CallMeTomRusso December 15, 2009
by Atomic Trix February 15, 2019
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 06, 2024
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 09, 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 09, 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