Escape (Verb)
Meaning 1
Issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- Air escaped through a small crack in the window frame.
- Steam escaped from the kettle's spout as the whistle blew.
- Carbon monoxide escaped from the faulty heater and filled the room.
- Toxic fumes escaped from the damaged container and drifted into the neighborhood.
- Water escaped from a hole in the bottom of the boat, flooding the hold.
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Meaning 2
Run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 3
Be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me".
Classification
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 4
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.
Synonyms
- 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 5
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 6
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She continually managed to escape the consequences of her reckless spending habits by defaulting to her husband's accounts.
- The crafty intern always seemed to get away with accessing company files he wasn't authorized to view.
- The department head of marketing consistently skirted corporate policy with unorthodox methods and somehow, she escaped disciplinary actions each time.
- Even though she nearly failed her exam she escaped failing grades due to scoring exactly a point higher than the required passing mark on one section.
- Her skill in deflecting blame allowed her to frequently escape her blame for project delays despite there often being sufficient evidence that the holdups weren't solely due to other team members.
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Meaning 7
Fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- I managed to escape the flu that was going around the office last month.
- She was lucky to escape the big layoff that hit the company last quarter.
- We were fortunate to escape the extreme heatwave that affected the rest of the country.
- The area we moved from was in a severe recession, but our family was able to escape its effects.
- Our school was able to escape the major budget cuts that many other institutions faced.