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get away from it all

escape busy everyday life

To take a break somewhere else so that you can escape your usual busy life.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

What are you doing this weekend?

I'm going to the coast to get away from it all.

Play the conversation

We booked a quiet cottage in the countryside to get away from it all.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I want to get away from daily life all.

Say: I want to get away from it all.

Use the fixed pronoun phrase "it all," not a direct replacement such as "daily life all."

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

get away from it all; got away from it all

Your turn: say it out loud

We booked a quiet cottage in the countryside to get away from it all.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

get away from it all

escape busy everyday life

“We booked a quiet cottage in the countryside to get away from it all.”

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