get clean away
get clean away
To evade or escape someone or something. ("Clean" here is used for emphasis.) The robber got clean away and headed down Main Street on foot. You have to stop him, Officer! I tried to grab him, but he swerved in the opposite direction and got clean away. The skunk got clean away from the Animal Control people? Well, what are we going to do now?
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