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fire escape
noun [C]Definition
› WORKPLACE a set of metal stairs, especially on the outside of a building, that allows people to escape if there is a fire: After the fire, the building's owner installed a fire escape, with a ladder to the roof and another to the street.
(Definition of fire escape noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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