escape

es|cape¹ W2S3 [ıˈskeıp] v

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1¦(person/place)¦

2¦(danger)¦

3¦(avoid)¦

4¦(gas/liquid etc)¦

5¦(sound)¦

6 escape somebody's attention/notice

7 the name/date/title etc escapes somebody

8 there's no escaping (the fact)

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[Date: 1200-1300; : Old North French; Origin: escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Late Latin cappa 'head-covering'; from the idea of throwing off something that limits your movement]

1.) ¦(PERSON/PLACE)¦

to get away from a place or dangerous situation when someone is trying to catch you or stop you

▪ He broke down the locked door and escaped.

escape from/through/over etc

▪ He escaped from prison in October.

escape to

▪ She escaped to Britain in 1938.

2.) ¦(DANGER)¦ [I and T]

to get away from a dangerous or bad situation

escape with

▪ He escaped with minor injuries.

escape unhurt/unscathed/unharmed etc

▪ A boy escaped unhurt when the fire in his room exploded.

▪ They went to the hills to escape the summer heat.

escape sb's clutches

(=escape from someone)

▪ The youth was trying to escape the clutches of two drunken female companions.

3.) ¦(AVOID)¦ [I and T]

to avoid something bad or that you do not want to happen

▪ He narrowly escaped death in an avalanche.

▪ The two passengers escaped serious injury .

▪ They must not be allowed to escape justice .

▪ It seemed impossible he would escape detection .

4.) ¦(GAS/LIQUID ETC)¦ [I]

if gas, liquid, light, heat etc escapes from somewhere, it comes out

▪ Vents allow any steam to escape if the system overheats.

5.) ¦(SOUND)¦ [I and T]

[i]literary if a sound escapes from someone, they accidentally make that sound

▪ A small laugh escaped her.

escape from

▪ Holman let a weary sigh escape from his lips.

6.) escape sb's attention/notice

if something escapes your attention or notice, you do not see it or realize that it is there

7.) the name/date/title etc escapes sb

used to say that someone cannot remember something

▪ For some reason which escapes me, we had to take a taxi.

8.) there's no escaping (the fact)

used to emphasize that something is definitely important or will definitely happen

▪ There's no escaping the fact that work has profound effects on emotions and health.

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escape² S3 n

1.) [U and C]

the act of getting away from a place, or a dangerous or bad situation

▪ The girl had no chance of escape.

▪ Christina hoped it wouldn't be too long before she could make her escape .

escape from

▪ the firm's narrow escape from bankruptcy

▪ an escape route

▪ They had a lucky escape (=were lucky not to be hurt or killed) when a car crashed into the front of their house.

2.) [singular, U]

a way of forgetting about a bad or boring situation for a short time

escape from

▪ Travel can be an escape from the routine drudgery of life.

3.) [U and C]

an amount of gas, liquid etc that accidentally comes out of the place where it is being kept, or an occasion when this happens

▪ The lid prevents the escape of poisonous gases.

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