n. Function: verb
1 to run away especially from something that limits one's freedom and threatens one's well-being FF1C; trying to escape from prison FF1E;
Synonyms: abscond, break, ||bunk, decamp, flee, fly, scape
Related Words: get away, make off, mosey, run away; bail out, ||ditch, double, duck out, flit, jump, skip; depart; disappear, vanish
Idioms: cut and run, cut loose, fly the coop, take it on the lam
Contrasted Words: come back, return; abide, remain, stay; chase, follow, pursue, tag, trail
2 to get away or keep away from what one does not wish to incur, endure, or encounter FF1C; made every effort to escape suspicion FF1E;
Synonyms: avoid, bilk, double, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shun, shy; compare SHAKE 5 , SKIRT 3
Related Words: burke, bypass, circumvent; dodge, shake, shun, skit; miss
Idioms: fight shy of, give the slip
Contrasted Words: catch, contract, incur; abide, bear, brook, endure, stand, suffer, tolerate; dare, face, meet