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escape
/ɛ'skeɪp/
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Definitions of escape
  1. verb
    remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
    "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"

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    get away
  2. noun
    a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

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    escape cock escape valve relief valve safety valve
    type of:
    valve regulator
  3. verb
    be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

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    elude
  4. noun
    nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
    "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

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    dodging evasion
  5. verb
    fail to experience

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    miss
    type of:
    avoid
  6. noun
    the discharge of a fluid from some container
    "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"

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    leak leakage outflow
  7. verb
    flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
    "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

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    break away bunk fly the coop head for the hills hightail it lam run run away scarper scat take to the woods turn tail
  8. verb
    run away from confinement
    "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

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    break loose get away
    type of:
    fly flee take flight
  9. noun
    an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
    "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"

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    escapism
  10. noun
    the act of escaping physically
    "he made his escape from the mental hospital" "the canary escaped from its cage"

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    flight
    type of:
    running away
  11. verb
    escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

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    get away get by get off get out
    type of:
    avoid
  12. noun
    a means or way of escaping
    "hard work was his escape from worry" "they installed a second hatch as an escape" "their escape route"
    type of:
    way means agency
  13. noun
    an avoidance of danger or difficulty
    "that was a narrow escape"
  14. noun
    a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
  15. verb
    issue or leak, as from a small opening
    "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
Examples of escape
  • "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"
  • "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
  • "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"
  • "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
  • "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
  • "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"
  • "he made his escape from the mental hospital"
  • "the canary escaped from its cage"
  • "hard work was his escape from worry"
  • "they installed a second hatch as an escape"
  • "their escape route"
  • "that was a narrow escape"
  • "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
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