- escape
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 getting away from a placeADJECTIVE▪ attempted▪ successful▪ great▪
one of the greatest escapes of all time
▪ daring▪the daring escape of a Resistance fighter from prison
▪ hasty, quick▪I made a hasty escape.
VERB + ESCAPE▪ make, make good▪He made his escape through the window.
▪I found an open door and made good my escape.
▪ plan▪ attempt▪a group of slaves that attempted an escape
▪ block, prevent▪He stepped in front of me, blocking my escape.
▪ allow▪The ground became swamped, allowing no escape.
ESCAPE + NOUN▪ attempt, bid (esp. BrE)▪ route▪ vehicle▪ hatch, ladder, tunnel▪ plan▪Together they formulated an escape plan.
PREPOSITION▪ escape from▪his escape from the prison camp
PHRASES▪ a means of escape, a way of escape▪She looked around for a means of escape.
▪ a possibility of escape▪There was clearly no possibility of escape.
2 avoiding sth unpleasant or boringADJECTIVE▪ close, narrow, near▪ lucky, miraculous, remarkable▪A driver had a lucky escape after a brick was dropped on his car from a bridge.
▪ temporary▪young people's need for temporary escape from the demanding journey into adulthood
▪ perfect, ultimate, welcome▪For many, the ultimate escape is a tranquil beach filled with white sand.
VERB + ESCAPE▪ have▪ plan, plot▪Celine has been plotting her escape for months.
▪ need, seek▪city dwellers seeking escape from stress
▪ find▪Craig finds escape in dreams.
▪ offer, provide▪This play offered an escape from the everyday.
PREPOSITION▪ escape from▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He had a narrow escape from gunfire.
verbADVERB▪ barely, just, narrowly▪They narrowly escaped being killed in the fire.
▪The survivors barely escape in whatever ships they can find.
▪ not completely, not entirely, not fully▪The head of department cannot entirely escape responsibility for this situation.
▪ somehow▪Apparently, they had escaped somehow and gotten home.
▪ largely▪The city largely escaped bombing in the campaign.
▪ eventually, finally▪She eventually escaped to the US.
▪ never▪Tony may never escape his emotional struggle.
▪ easily▪They're so small they can easily escape notice.
▪ safely, successfully▪pilots who successfully escaped while their aircraft was being shot down
VERB + ESCAPE▪ cannot▪ be impossible to▪ be easy to▪It was easy to escape in the confusion of the besieged city.
▪ attempt to, seek to, try to▪ struggle to▪He got hurt while struggling to escape.
▪ hope to, want to, wish to▪a lonely man who wants to escape his lifestyle
▪ need to▪I need to escape. I want to go away from here.
▪ manage to▪ let sb▪It was stupid of Lee to let them escape.
▪ help sb (to)PREPOSITION▪ from▪to escape from prison
▪ into▪They escaped into the forest.
▪ to▪The family escaped to the West.
▪ with▪Thieves escaped with property worth over $5 000.
▪ without▪The driver escaped without injury.
PHRASES▪ escape alive▪Only two of the men escaped alive.
▪ escape sb's clutches▪He had managed to escape the clutches of the police yet again.
▪ escape from it all▪We would always go there to escape from it all.
▪ escape (sb's) notice▪errors that had escaped my notice
▪ escape unharmed, escape unhurt, escape uninjured, escape unscathed▪ escape with your life▪She was very lucky to escape with her life.
Escape is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cry, ↑fumes, ↑gasp, ↑inmate, ↑laugh, ↑sigh, ↑sob, ↑steam, ↑tear, ↑whimper, ↑word, ↑yawnEscape is used with these nouns as the object: ↑annihilation, ↑arrest, ↑attention, ↑bankruptcy, ↑blame, ↑captivity, ↑capture, ↑censure, ↑clutch, ↑confinement, ↑confines, ↑conviction, ↑criticism, ↑danger, ↑death, ↑destiny, ↑destruction, ↑detection, ↑embrace, ↑execution, ↑extradition, ↑fate, ↑fighting, ↑grasp, ↑hell, ↑influence, ↑injury, ↑jail, ↑jaw, ↑justice, ↑massacre, ↑mind, ↑nightmare, ↑notice, ↑oppression, ↑penalty, ↑poverty, ↑predicament, ↑pressure, ↑prison, ↑prosecution, ↑punishment, ↑recession, ↑repression, ↑responsibility, ↑rigour, ↑scrutiny, ↑slavery, ↑tax, ↑throat, ↑torment, ↑trap, ↑tyranny, ↑worst, ↑wrath, ↑wreck
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
