away in a hack in English

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          "ref": "2014, Lee Dunne, A Bed in the Sticks",
          "text": "Jimmy had said to me earlier 'the trick is to give them what they want' and it doesn't take long to work out that its laughs and tears, and if you can work a nice bust in a tight sweater in the story, you're away in a hack.",
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"away in a hack" meaning in English

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