I.
noun
1 getting away from a place
ADJECTIVE
▪ attempted
▪ successful
▪ great
▪
one of the greatest ~s of all time
▪ daring
▪
the daring ~ of a Resistance fighter from prison
▪ hasty , quick
▪
I made a hasty ~.
VERB + ESCAPE
▪ make , make good
▪
He made his ~ through the window.
▪
I found an open door and made good my ~.
▪ plan
▪ attempt
▪
a group of slaves that attempted an ~
▪ block , prevent
▪
He stepped in front of me, blocking my ~.
▪ allow
▪
The ground became swamped, allowing no ~.
ESCAPE + NOUN
▪ attempt , bid ( esp. BrE )
▪ route
▪ vehicle
▪ hatch , ladder , tunnel
▪ plan
▪
Together they formulated an ~ plan.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
his ~ from the prison camp
PHRASES
▪ a means of ~ , a way of ~
▪
She looked around for a means of ~.
▪ a possibility of ~
▪
There was clearly no possibility of ~.
2 avoiding sth unpleasant or boring
ADJECTIVE
▪ close , narrow , near
▪ lucky , miraculous , remarkable
▪
A driver had a lucky ~ after a brick was dropped on his car from a bridge.
▪ temporary
▪
young people's need for temporary ~ from the demanding journey into adulthood
▪ perfect , ultimate , welcome
▪
For many, the ultimate ~ is a tranquil beach filled with white sand.
VERB + ESCAPE
▪ have
▪ plan , plot
▪
Celine has been plotting her ~ for months.
▪ need , seek
▪
city dwellers seeking ~ from stress
▪ find
▪
Craig finds ~ in dreams.
▪ offer , provide
▪
This play offered an ~ from the everyday.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ from
▪
He had a narrow ~ from gunfire.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ barely , just , narrowly
▪
They narrowly ~d being killed in the fire.
▪
The survivors barely ~ in whatever ships they can find.
▪ not completely , not entirely , not fully
▪
The head of department cannot entirely ~ responsibility for this situation.
▪ somehow
▪
Apparently, they had ~d somehow and gotten home.
▪ largely
▪
The city largely ~d bombing in the campaign.
▪ eventually , finally
▪
She eventually ~d to the US.
▪ never
▪
Tony may never ~ his emotional struggle.
▪ easily
▪
They're so small they can easily ~ notice.
▪ safely , successfully
▪
pilots who successfully ~d while their aircraft was being shot down
VERB + ESCAPE
▪ cannot
▪ be impossible to
▪ be easy to
▪
It was easy to ~ in the confusion of the besieged city.
▪ attempt to , seek to , try to
▪ struggle to
▪
He got hurt while struggling to ~.
▪ hope to , want to , wish to
▪
a lonely man who wants to ~ his lifestyle
▪ need to
▪
I need to ~. I want to go away from here.
▪ manage to
▪ let sb
▪
It was stupid of Lee to let them ~.
▪ help sb (to)
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
to ~ from prison
▪ into
▪
They ~d into the forest.
▪ to
▪
The family ~d to the West.
▪ with
▪
Thieves ~d with property worth over $5 000.
▪ without
▪
The driver ~d without injury.
PHRASES
▪ ~ alive
▪
Only two of the men ~d alive.
▪ ~ sb's clutches
▪
He had managed to ~ the clutches of the police yet again.
▪ ~ from it all
▪
We would always go there to ~ from it all.
▪ ~ (sb's) notice
▪
errors that had ~d my notice
▪ ~ unharmed , ~ unhurt , ~ uninjured , ~ unscathed
▪ ~ with your life
▪
She was very lucky to ~ with her life.
Escape is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cry , ↑ fumes , ↑ gasp , ↑ inmate , ↑ laugh , ↑ sigh , ↑ sob , ↑ steam , ↑ tear , ↑ whimper , ↑ word , ↑ yawn
Escape is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ annihilation , ↑ arrest , ↑ attention , ↑ bankruptcy , ↑ blame , ↑ captivity , ↑ capture , ↑ censure , ↑ clutch , ↑ confinement , ↑ confines , ↑ conviction , ↑ criticism , ↑ danger , ↑ death , ↑ destiny , ↑ destruction , ↑ detection , ↑ embrace , ↑ execution , ↑ extradition , ↑ fate , ↑ fighting , ↑ grasp , ↑ hell , ↑ influence , ↑ injury , ↑ jail , ↑ jaw , ↑ justice , ↑ massacre , ↑ mind , ↑ nightmare , ↑ notice , ↑ oppression , ↑ penalty , ↑ poverty , ↑ predicament , ↑ pressure , ↑ prison , ↑ prosecution , ↑ punishment , ↑ recession , ↑ repression , ↑ responsibility , ↑ rigour , ↑ scrutiny , ↑ slavery , ↑ tax , ↑ throat , ↑ torment , ↑ trap , ↑ tyranny , ↑ worst , ↑ wrath , ↑ wreck