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Meanings of escape in English
Portuguese
válvula de escape Catalan
vàlvula de seguretat 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.
Portuguese
meter o rabo entre as pernas Catalan
escapolir-se Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action.
Synonyms
Examples for "run"
Examples for "run"
1
The banks' recent run of good form came to an end today.
2
This year the work will likely run out months earlier, Olson said.
3
The critical issue now is whether the run of good news continues.
4
I had run quite far and was a long way from home.
5
Rice said the two shows would run at different times of year.
1
The next moment the boy heard Thede moving in the bunk above.
2
In the darkness, cylinder in hand, I crept softly from the bunk.
3
When Harold was in his bunk the little maid was brought in.
4
Long, frightening howls carried by the wind into our open bunk windows.
5
The man in the bunk in the lumbermen's camp is wild again.
1
Cash and calls weren't the only thing Massino got on the lam.
2
Stinker is a bargee, but he was quite right to lam me.
3
We're both on the lam now. He glanced idly toward the woman.
4
I'm liable to lam your head off, threatened the big man sullenly.
5
De way that gal lam me across the head was a caution!
1
Most tourists want to see the animals, not the just the scat.
2
Tells how Mozart, Liszt, and Brahms used scat, and its modern development.
3
The tail end of a scat of rain beat on their faces.
4
Nodelman kept me waiting, without offering me a scat, a good half-hour.
5
I swear, the stuff tasted like armadillo scat mixed with swamp water.
1
But we can't give them a lick of warning or they'll scarper.
2
A commotion around the van followed and eventually the driver had to scarper.
3
We wait below, light fuses and scarper when the fuckin' train hits the bridge.
4
It's no wonder they scarper off so quickly.
5
Not like with Liz Stride, just a slash at the throat and a scarper in the dark.
1
That likely the car would head for the hills, where the I.W.W.
2
That cat's gonna head for the hills the minute he sees an opportunity.
3
In a real revolt, the rich and powerful usually head for the hills, terrified.
4
When I tell him that, he'll head for the hills.
5
But remember, if you start a war, my friend, you better head for the hills.
1
Let us take to the woods and we will give them hell.
2
We cannot all take to the woods and swamps as Thoreau did.
3
I saw nothing for it but to take to the woods.
4
I always have a bite with me when I take to the woods.
5
For you and yours must even take to the woods for a while.
1
Didn't I give you six hours to fly the coop?
2
Because the goose was about to fly the coop.
3
We'll leave you here and fly the coop.
4
Just in case you were wondering where the expression ' fly the coop' comes from, they're amazing escape artists.
5
Or if I asked the same question differently, was there a connection between our raid on Charabi's office and Bian's decision to fly the coop?
1
It's time to break away from the failing and dysfunctional EU system.
2
The answer is not to break away, though, but to stay united.
3
Why does this province, specifically, want to break away from South Africa?
4
There's a strong possibility the Ukraine will break away and join him.
5
Anxiety and fear will remain until you deliberately break away and commit.
1
We came all the way across town to turn tail and run?
2
But he couldn't very well turn tail and bolt off the poop.
3
Half the children, upon seeing their leader turn tail and flee, followed suit.
4
Fala expected Kahg to turn tail and run, try to gain sky room.
5
He could not turn tail in the face of such an exalted opinion.
1
Common sense: I was supposed to run away, yell for help, etc.
2
Officials said he had run away from his family after an argument.
3
Tell her she should run away to sea and become a pirate.
4
You said you had no idea he was going to run away.
5
She wanted to believe Race's beautiful vision-thatthey could run away together.
1
That assault team will hightail it back to their base of operations.
2
I understand if you want to hightail it out of here.
3
They're afraid if they let on we're here, we'll hightail it somewhere else.
4
With this out-of-space drive they hightail it among the stars.
5
If you get into trouble, you can't just hightail it back inside the spaceship.
Usage of escape in English
1
Last year his parents decided he should try to escape to Europe.
2
How can this visit help me answer the question I can't escape?
3
Neither side will escape challenge: this research will impact on the vote.
4
They allow people to escape their reality and enter a new one.
5
Now he decided a different course of escape might be in order.
6
However the main talking point of the first half was Morrison's escape.
7
Safe water, no immediate danger, no wireless, no immediate hope of escape.
8
The question Cameron needs to escape is: whose side are you on?
9
As you can imagine people are stunned over this 'great escape' attempt.
10
It means we must look for our escape in a different way.
11
Both Weisz's parents fled Europe before the war to escape the Nazis.
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Obviously the weather won't let us escape for a few days yet.
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Also read: Best South African beach cottages for a secluded weekend escape
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Meanwhile the people continue to either revolt or escape to other countries.
15
At no time did the animal escape from the enclosure, police said.
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Mr Turnbull said the investigation showed no-one could escape law enforcement agencies.
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Translations for escape
Portuguese
Catalan
Escape through the time
Escape across language varieties
United Kingdom
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Australia
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