Escape

/əˈskeɪp/

The meaning and definition of Escape, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
    “The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.”
  2. The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
    “You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.”
verb
  1. To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
    “He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.”
  2. To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
    “Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.”

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