Pronunciations (3)
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/ɪˈskeɪp/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ɪˈskeɪp/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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ɪˈskeɪp
Verb
To get free; to free oneself.
Usage- Intransitive
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The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.
The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.
To break out of confinement.
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The prisoners escaped their cell.
To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
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He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.
The children climbed out of the window to escape the fire.
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There's no escaping the fact that the house needs painting.
sailors that escaped the wreck
In the Southern Region of British Railways, most of the damage was caused by earthslips which blocked one or both roads. Obstructions occurred at 21 places in the London Eastern District, and at 18 places in London Central District. On the other hand, the London Western District escaped comparatively lightly.
Luiz was Chelsea's stand-out performer, although Ferguson also had a case when he questioned how the £21m defender escaped a red card after the break for a hack at Rooney, with the Brazilian having already been booked.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
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Luckily, I escaped with only a fine.
To avoid responsibilities and stresses for a time.
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Work was stressful, and I needed to escape.
To be forgotten by.
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I used to know the name of the capital of France, but it escapes me now.
To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
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The name of the hotel escapes me at present.
The detective examined the crime scene, but one clue escaped his notice.
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c. 1698-1699 (year published) Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs They escaped the search of the enemy.
Quite why a passenger from Reading would choose to reach London via Guildford rather than using Great Western Railway's frequent and fast direct services escapes me - […].
To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
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When using the "bash" shell, you can escape the ampersand character with a backslash.
Brion escaped the double quote character on Windows by adding a second double quote within the literal.
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If the data for a URI component would conflict with the reserved purpose, then the conflicting data must be escaped before forming the URI.
Character Data tags allow you to place complex strings as the text of an element—without the need to manually escape the string.
Therefore, what follows is a list of typical output functions; your job is to determine if any of the functions print out tainted data that has not been passed through some sort of HTML escaping function.
To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
To grow wild, instead of in a cultivated area.
Usage- Intransitive
- of a plant
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You have to be careful planting mint, or it will escape and take over your yard.
To express, especially involuntarily.
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I tried to look disappointed, but a smile escaped me.
Noun
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
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The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel.
Leakage or outflow, as of steam or a liquid, or an electric current through defective insulation.
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- Uncountable
Something that has escaped; an escapee.
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- Uncountable
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But what about the flocks of Waxbills? Are they escapes gone feral, or are they spreading from Africa?
A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
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- Uncountable
escape key
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The text character represented by 27 (decimal) or 1B (hexadecimal).
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- Uncountable
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You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.
A successful shot from a snooker position.
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- Uncountable
A defective product that is allowed to leave a manufacturing facility.
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- Uncountable
That which escapes attention or restraint; a mistake, oversight, or transgression.
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- Obsolete
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I should have been more accurate, corrected all those former escapes.
A sally.
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- Obsolete
- Uncountable
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thousand escapes of wit
An apophyge.
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- Uncountable
A cultivated plant found growing as though wild, dispersed by some agency.
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- Uncountable
Noun
the act of escaping physically
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he made his escape from the mental hospital
the canary escaped from its cage
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his flight was an indication of his guilt
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
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romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life
his alcohol problem was a form of escapism
nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
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his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible
that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive
an avoidance of danger or difficulty
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that was a narrow escape
a means or way of escaping
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hard work was his escape from worry
they installed a second hatch as an escape
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their escape route
a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild
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the discharge of a fluid from some container
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they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe
he had to clean up the leak
a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
Verb
run away from confinement
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The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
fail to experience
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Fortunately, I missed the hurricane
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
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She gets away with murder!
I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
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What you are seeing in him eludes me
remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
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We escaped to our summer house for a few days
The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
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If you see this man, run!
The burglars escaped before the police showed up
issue or leak, as from a small opening
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Gas escaped into the bedroom