getaway car

getaway car (plural getaway cars)

1. A car (motor vehicle) that is left with the motor running and a driver in position while a crime is being committed so that the perpetrators may flee the scene quickly.
   • 2004, Tub Ring (lyrics and music), “Alexander in Charge”, in Zoo Hypothesis, performed by Tub Ring:

     There was an average Monday
     There was a movie star
     There was a man with a gun
     There was a getaway car

   • 2017, Taylor Swift (lyrics and music), “Getaway Car”, in Reputation, performed by Taylor Swift:

     I'm in a getaway car
     I left you in a motel bar
     Put the money in the bag and I stole the keys
     That was the last time you ever saw me