1. (

• escape ,
• get_away ,
• break_loose

) run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" ;

2. (

• miss ,
• escape

) fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane" ;

3. (

• get_off ,
• get_away ,
• get_by ,
• get_out ,
• escape ,

) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities" ;

4. (

• elude ,
• escape

) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" ;

5. (

• escape ,
• get_away

) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer" ;

6. (

• scat ,
• run ,
• scarper ,
• turn_tail ,
• lam ,
• run_away ,
• hightail_it ,
• bunk ,
• head_for_the_hills ,
• take_to_the_woods ,
• escape ,
• fly_the_coop ,
• break_away

) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" ;

7. (

• escape ,

) issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom" ;