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

by Marry Swanson August 31, 2021

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

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

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

by Leckdon August 16, 2019
