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escape
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ESCAPE
1
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation <everyone managed to escape from the burning building in time>
Related Words avoid, elude, evade, lose, shun; decamp, depart, elope, exit, go, leave, move, pull out, quit, sally (forth), shove (off), take off, walk out; disentangle, extricate; bring off, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Phrases break free
Near Antonyms abide, dwell, hang around, linger, remain, stay, stick around, tarry; come back, return
2
to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery <a judge who is very determined not to let criminals escape punishment>
Synonyms avoid, dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, finesse, get around, scape, shake, shirk, shuffle (out of), shun, weasel (out of)
Related Words miss; avert, deflect, divert, obviate, parry, prevent, ward (off); ban, bar, debar, eliminate, except, exclude, preclude, rule out; bypass, circumvent, skirt; foil, fox, frustrate, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, thwart
Phrases fight shy of, keep clear of, stay clear of, steer clear of
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