Escape (Verb)
Meaning 1
Issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 3
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 4
Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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- Perplex
- Bewilder
- Puzzle
- Pose
- Amaze
- Beat
- Flummox
- Get
- Stupefy
- Gravel
- Mystify
- Baffle
- Stick
- Nonplus
- Dumbfound
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Meaning 5
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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- Run Away
- Take To The Woods
- Lam
- Bunk
- Scat
- Fly The Coop
- Run
- Hightail It
- Head For The Hills
- Scarper
- Turn Tail
- Break Away
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Meaning 6
Remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 7
Fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.