Have you ever had a narrow escape?
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Escape
//ɪˈskeɪp//
Synonyms for "escape" (303 found)
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Closest matches (61)
Verb(3 words)
eludeevasionabandonmentabscondabscondmentabsencealienationantipathyautismautistic thinkingavenueavoidavoidanceavoidance mechanismavoiding reactionawolbafflebail outbegblame-shifting
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blowblowholeboltbow outbreakbreak awaybreak freebreak jailbreak loosebreak outbreakoutbunkchannelchutecircumventcircumventionclear outcompensationcutcut and runcut loosecut outday offdebouchdecampdecampmentdecompensationdefaultdefectdefense mechanismdeliverancedeliverydepartdeparturedereismdereistic thinkingdesert
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (91)
disappeardisappearancedischargedisplacementdissociationdistractionditchdiversiondodgedodgingdoordoubledraindrainagedrainingduckduck outduckingeffluenceefflux
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effluxionegresselopeelusionelusivenessemanateemergeemergenceemotional insulationemunctoryequivocateequivocationescape into fantasyescape keyescape mechanismescape prisonescapismeschewalestuaryevacuationevadeevaporateevasive actionevasivenessexcuseexhaustexitexodusextricationfantasizingfantasyfingerfleeflightflinchflitfloodgateflumeflyfly the coopforbearforbearanceforestallingforestallmentfreeingfrench leavefurloughgetget aroundget awayget away fromget clear ofget freeget free ofget offget outget out of
Related words (151)
get quit ofget rid ofgetawaygetting aroundgo on furloughgo on leavegoingheelhegirahelpholidayhookyisolationissuejailbreakjinkjumplamleakleakage
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leakingleaveleave of absenceleave the sceneleavinglevantliberationloopholelooselosemake a getawaymake offmissmoseymystifynegativismneutralitynonattendancenoninterventionnoninvolvementopeningoutoutcomeoutfalloutflowoutgateoutgooutletoutpouringovercompensationpartingpassingporeportpowderprecautionpreventionprisonbreakprojectionpsychotaxispuzzlerationalizationrecreationrefrainingreleasereliefremovalrescueresistanceretirementretreatridriddancerunrun awayrun offrunaroundsafety valvesally portscapescramsecretionseepseepageseepingshakeshake offshuffle out ofshunningshunting offshysick leavesidestepsidesteppingsidetrackingskedaddleskipskirtslipslip awayslip offslip outslip out ofslip the collarsluicesneak outsociological adjustive reactionsspiraclespoutstumpsublimationsubstitutiontake french leavetake leavetake offtapthe runaroundthrow offtruancyvacationvamoosevanishventventageventholevomitorywalkoutway outweirwish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawalzigzag
Verb(12 words)
Noun(5 words)
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13 entriesSynonyms
7 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesderived
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5 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
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Translations
393 translations across 81 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- arratisem verb (to get free)
- shmangem verb (to elude)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- φυγή noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- φεύγω verb (to get free)
- φεύγω verb (to elude)
Arabic
4 entries- زوغان noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- فِرَار noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- هروب noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- هَرَب noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Armenian
3 entries- փախուստ noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- խուսափել verb (to elude)
- փախչել verb (to get free)
Aromanian
4 entries- ascap verb (to get free)
- ascap verb (to elude)
- scap verb (to get free)
- scap verb (to elude)
Assamese
3 entries- পলা verb (to get free)
- ভাগ verb (to get free)
- সাৰ verb (to elude)
Asturian
2 entries- escape noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- escapar verb (to get free)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qaçış noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Basque
1 entries- ihes egin verb (to get free)
Belarusian
1 entries- уцёкі noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бя́гство noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- избягвам verb (to elude)
- изплъзвам се verb (to avoid capture)
- отървавам се verb (to get free)
Catalan
4 entries- fuita noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- eludir verb (to elude)
- eludir verb (to elude observation or recollection)
- escapar verb (to get free)
Cherokee
3 entries- ᎠᎵᏘᎠ verb (to get free)
- ᎠᎵᏘᎠ verb (to elude)
- ᎠᎵᏘᎠ verb (to avoid capture)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 退出鍵 /退出键 noun (computing: escape key)
- 逃脫 /逃脱 noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- 逃跑 noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- 逸出鍵 /逸出键 noun (computing: escape key)
Czech
3 entries- únik noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- útěk noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- uniknout verb (to get free)
Dutch
4 entries- escapetoets noun (computing: escape key)
- ontsnappen noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- afbreken verb (to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys)
- er vanaf komen verb (to avoid capture)
Esperanto
1 entries- eskapi verb (to get free)
Estonian
1 entries- pääsema verb (to get free)
Finnish
4 entries- esc-merkki noun (programming: ASCII character)
- esc-näppäin noun (computing: escape key)
- lipsahdus noun (that which escapes attention or restraint)
- pako noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
French
4 entries- échappatoire noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- évasion noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- fuir verb (to get free)
- s'en tirer verb (to avoid capture)
Friulian
2 entries- scjampâ verb (to get free)
- sčhampâ verb (to get free)
Galician
4 entries- afufar verb (to get free)
- afufar verb (to avoid capture)
- alimpar verb (to get free)
- alimpar verb (to avoid capture)
Georgian
1 entries- გაქცევა verb (to get free)
German
4 entries- Flucht noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- ausweichen verb (to elude)
- davonkommen verb (to avoid capture)
- entgehen verb (to get free)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌰𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 verb (to get free)
Greek
4 entries- απόδραση noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- γλιτώνω verb (to elude)
- γλιτώνω verb (to avoid capture)
- διακόπτω verb (to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- chape verb (to get free)
Hebrew
2 entries- בריחה noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- נִמְלַט verb (to get free)
Hungarian
2 entries- menekülés noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- megszökik verb (to get free)
Icelandic
1 entries- sleppa verb (to get free)
Ido
1 entries- eskapar verb (to get free)
Indonesian
2 entries- kabur noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- kabur verb (to get free)
Italian
4 entries- evasione noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- fuga noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- darsela a gambe verb (to get free)
- eludere verb (to elude)
Japanese
4 entries- エスケープ noun (computing: escape key)
- エスケープキー noun (computing: escape key)
- 脱出 noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- 免れる verb (to get free)
Kabuverdianu
4 entries- fuji verb (to get free)
- fuji verb (to elude)
- fuji verb (to avoid capture)
- futi verb (to elude)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- thǖkhū verb (to get free)
- thǖkhū verb (to elude)
Khmer
2 entries- គេច verb (to get free)
- រួច verb (to get free)
Korean
3 entries- 에스케이프 noun (computing: escape key)
- 에스케이프 키 noun (computing: escape key)
- 탈출 noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Latin
4 entries- effugium noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- fuga noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- aufugio verb (to get free)
- aufugio verb (to avoid capture)
Latvian
1 entries- izbēgt verb (to get free)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pabėgti verb (to get free)
Macedonian
2 entries- бег noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- бегство noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Malay
1 entries- lari verb (to get free)
Maltese
1 entries- ħarab verb (to get free)
Mansaka
1 entries- losot verb (to get free)
Marathi
3 entries- एस्केप noun (computing: escape key)
- एस्केप noun (programming: ASCII character)
- सुटका noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Māori
4 entries- kaireretanga noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- oraititanga noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- whatinga noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- hōnea verb (to get free)
Norman
1 entries- êcapper verb (to get free)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- bazdan verb (to get free)
- filitîn verb (to elude)
- revîn verb (to get free)
Northern Sami
3 entries- báhtareapmi noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- báhtarit verb (to get free)
- vajálduvvat verb (to elude observation or recollection)
Norwegian
3 entries- unngå verb (to elude)
- unnkomme verb (to get free)
- unnslippe verb (to get free)
Occitan
4 entries- eludir verb (to elude)
- escapar verb (to get free)
- escapar verb (to avoid capture)
- fugir verb (to get free)
Old English
4 entries- flēam noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- flēon verb (to get free)
- wiþfaran verb (to get free)
- ætberstan verb (to elude)
Oromo
1 entries- miliquu verb (to get free)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قاچمق verb (to get free)
Persian
4 entries- فرار noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- گریز noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- فرار کردن verb (to get free)
- گریختن verb (to avoid capture)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Flucht noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Polish
4 entries- ucieczka noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- unikać verb (to elude)
- uniknąć verb (to elude)
- wydostawać się verb (to get free)
Portuguese
4 entries- esc noun (computing: escape key)
- escapada noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- escapatória noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- escape noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Quechua
1 entries- ayqiy noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Romanian
4 entries- evadare noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- scăpare noun (that which escapes attention or restraint)
- evada verb (to get free)
- scăpa verb (to get free)
Romansch
4 entries- mitschar verb (to get free)
- mütschir verb (to get free)
- scapar verb (to get free)
- scappar verb (to get free)
Russian
4 entries- бе́гство noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- кла́виша эске́йп noun (computing: escape key)
- побе́г noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- спасе́ние noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Sanskrit
1 entries- सिसर्ति verb (to get free)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dol-às noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bekstvo noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- bijeg noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- bjekstvo noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- бекство noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Slovak
4 entries- únik noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- útek noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- utiecť verb (to get free)
- vyhnúť sa verb (to elude)
Slovene
4 entries- beg noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- pobeg noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- pobegniti verb (to get free)
- ubežati verb (to elude)
Spanish
4 entries- escapada noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- escapatoria noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- escape noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- escape noun (computing: escape key)
Swahili
4 entries- kwepa noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- kwepa noun (computing: escape key)
- kwepa noun (programming: ASCII character)
- kuponyoka verb (to get free)
Swedish
4 entries- flykt noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- avbryta verb (to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys)
- fly verb (to get free)
- fly verb (to elude)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagtakas noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- takas verb (to get free)
Tamil
1 entries- தப்பி verb (to get free)
Telugu
1 entries- పలాయనము noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
Thai
3 entries- หนี verb (to get free)
- หลบหนี verb (to avoid capture)
- หลบหลีก verb (to elude)
Turkish
4 entries- firar noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- kaçış noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- kaçmak verb (to get free)
- kaçmak verb (to elude)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вте́ча noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- еске́йп noun (computing: escape key)
- ви́йти verb (to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys)
- ви́хід verb (to halt a program by pressing a combination of keys)
Venetan
1 entries- scanpar verb (to get free)
Vietnamese
4 entries- thoát verb (to get free)
- tránh verb (to avoid capture)
- trốn khỏi verb (to get free)
- trốn thoát verb (to get free)
Welsh
1 entries- dianc verb (to get free)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַנטלויף noun (act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation)
- אַנטלויפֿן verb (to get free)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
He won't be able to escape from there without a miracle, will he?
Source: tatoeba (20642)
I had a narrow escape.
Source: tatoeba (20724)
We must devise some means of escape.
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