Escape
Verbs
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escape, scape
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make one's escape, effect one's escape, make good one's escape
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break jail
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get off, get clear off, get well out of
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save one's bacon, save one's skin
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weather the storm etc. (safe) Safety
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escape scot-free. elude etc., make off etc. (avoid) [Absence of pursuit.] Avoidance
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march off etc. (go away) [Initial motion from.] Departure
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give one the slip
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slip through the hands, slip through the fingers
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slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison
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break away, slip away, get away
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find vent, find a hole to creep out of. disappear, vanish.
Adjectives
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escaping, escaped etc. v.. stolen away, fled.
Phrases
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the bird has flown the coop.