(~s, escaping, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ from a place, you succeed in getting away from it.
A prisoner has ~d from a jail in northern England...
They are reported to have ~d to the other side of the border...
He was fatally wounded as he tried to ~.
VERB: no passive, V from n, V to n, V
~d
Officers mistook Stephen for an ~d prisoner.
ADJ
2.
Someone’s ~ is the act of escaping from a particular place or situation.
The man made his ~.
N-COUNT: usu poss N
3.
You can say that you ~ when you survive something such as an accident.
The two officers were extremely lucky to ~ serious injury...
The man’s girlfriend managed to ~ unhurt...
He narrowly ~d with his life when suspected right-wing extremists fired shots into his office.
VERB: V n, V adj, V prep
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Escape is also a noun.
I hear you had a very narrow ~ on the bridge.
N-COUNT
4.
If something is an ~, it is a way of avoiding difficulties or responsibilities.
But for me television is an ~.
...an ~ from the depressing realities of wartime.
N-COUNT: usu sing
5.
You can use ~ to describe things which allow you to avoid difficulties or problems. For example, an ~ route is an activity or opportunity that lets you improve your situation. An ~ clause is part of an agreement that allows you to avoid having to do something that you do not want to do.
We all need the occasional ~ route from the boring, routine aspects of our lives...
This has, in fact, turned out to be a wonderful ~ clause for dishonest employers everywhere.
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
If something ~s you or ~s your attention, you do not know about it, do not remember it, or do not notice it.
It was an actor whose name ~s me for the moment...
VERB: V n
7.
When gas, liquid, or heat ~s, it comes out from a pipe, container, or place.
Leave a vent open to let some moist air ~.
VERB: V
8.
see also fire ~