escape
/ɪˈskeɪp/ verbDefinition
GET AWAY [I] › to succeed in getting away from a place where you do not want to be: The two killers escaped from prison last night.
AVOID [I, T] › to avoid a dangerous or unpleasant situation: to escape capture/injury
FORGET [T] › If something such as a name escapes you, you cannot remember it: The name of her book escapes me at the moment.
NOT NOTICE [T] › If something escapes your notice or attention, you do not notice or see it: Nothing that goes on in this office escapes her attention.
GAS/LIQUID [I] › If a gas or liquid escapes from a pipe or container, it comes out, especially when it should not.
escaped adjective › an escaped prisoner(Definition of escape verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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