escapeverb
uk/ɪˈskeɪp/us/ɪˈskeɪp/escape verb (GET FREE)
B1 [ I or T ] to get free from something, or to avoid something:
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- In order to escape capture, he fled to the mountains.
- He had to jump out of an upstairs window to escape.
- Refugees have been pouring into neighbouring countries to escape the civil war.
- Both children escaped unharmed from the burning building.
- In the end she left home just to escape the tyrannical rule of her mother.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- leg
- loose
- scram
- shake
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- throw
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escape verb (COMPUTER)
[ I ] specialized computing to press the key on a computer keyboard that allows you to leave a particular screen and return to the previous one or to interrupt a process:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Operating computers
- aliasing
- always-on
- black hat
- BMP
- caps lock (key)
- computerize
- cut
- enter
- fire
- format
- hacker
- hash
- keyboarder
- punch
- roll (sth) over sth
- scroll bar
- title bar
- touchscreen
- uninstall
- zip
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Idiom(s)
escapenoun
uk/ɪˈskeɪp/us/ɪˈskeɪp/escape noun (GET FREE)
C1 [ C or U ] the act of successfully getting out of a place or a dangerous or bad situation:
[ C ] a loss that happens by accident:
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- We've got all the exits covered, so they've no chance of escape.
- It was a daring escape.
- He told the extraordinary story of his escape.
- She gave a hair-raising account of her escape through the desert.
- It sounds as if you had a lucky escape .
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- leg
- loose
- scram
- shake
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- throw
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escape noun (FORGET)
B2 [ S ] something that helps you to forget about your usual life or problems:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Creating a distraction
- distract
- distraction
- diversion
- divert
- mind
- put
- put sb off (sth)
- put sb off their stride idiom
- put sb off their stride/stroke idiom
- sidetrack
- smoke and mirrors
- stride
- subject
- take
- take sb out of himself/herself
- take sb's mind off sth idiom
escape noun (COMPUTER)
[ U ] also escape key, written abbreviation Esc specialized the key on a computer keyboard that allows you to leave a particular screen and return to the previous one or to interrupt a process:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Operating computers
- aliasing
- always-on
- black hat
- BMP
- caps lock (key)
- computerize
- cut
- enter
- fire
- format
- hacker
- hash
- keyboarder
- punch
- roll (sth) over sth
- scroll bar
- title bar
- touchscreen
- uninstall
- zip
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