Get away having swallowed half of loaf or slice of meat (8)
I believe the answer is:
escalope
'slice of meat' is the definition.
'escalope' can be an answer for 'meat' (escalope is a kind of meat). I am not sure about the 'slice of' bit.
'get away having swallowed half of loaf' is the wordplay.
'get away' becomes 'escape' (synonyms).
'having swallowed' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'half of' means to take half the letters.
'loaf' with half the letters taken is 'lo'.
'escape' enclosing 'lo' is 'ESCALOPE'.
'or' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for escalope that I've seen before include "food" , "F" , "Cut of meat" , "Thin slice of boneless meat" , "Thin piece of meat" .)