Improve the sentence using the correct phrasal verb of the underlined words. The thieves managed to get off the police during the chase.
get away from
“Get away from” means to escape from someone or something. The thieves were being chased by the police and escaped, so the sentence should read “The thieves managed to get away from the police during the chase.”
“Get off” means to leave a vehicle or to escape punishment, and it does not take “the police” as an object in this sense.
“Get along with” means to have a friendly relationship; “get over” means to recover from something; “get through” means to finish or survive a difficult experience. None of these means escaping.
Hence, the correct phrasal verb is get away from.
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