get away from it all

To escape one's everyday life and problems, typically by taking a vacation. Ugh, I just need to get away from it all—let's go to the beach this weekend. We should get away from it all this summer, maybe to Aruba. I can't remember the last time we got away from it all like this. Our honeymoon, maybe?

get aˈway from it all

(informal) go away somewhere on holiday/vacation, etc. in order to escape from pressures at work, home, city life, etc: We went walking to get away from it all for a while. ♢ Why don’t you get away from it all and have a weekend in the mountains?

get away from it all

Escape one’s responsibilities, problems, or work. This phrase, enlarging on the much older to get away (from ca. 1300), dates only from the twentieth century. It generally denotes a temporary respite rather than a permanent escape, as in “I’m going off for a long weekend—I need to get away from it all.”