escape
- noun (n)
Meaning: breaking away getaway
Synonyms:
abdication
avoidance
awol
beat
bolt
break
breakout
bypassing
circumvention
decampment
deliverance
departure
desertion
disappearance
dodging
ducking
elopement
elusion
elusiveness
eschewal
evasion
evasiveness
extrication
fadeout
flight
freedom
hegira
lam
leave
liberation
out
outbreak
powder
release
rescue
retreat
runaround
shunning
sidestepping
slip
spring
withdrawal
- verb (v)
Meaning: break away from
Synonyms:
abscond
avoid
bail out
bolt
burst out
circumvent
cut and run
cut loose
decamp
depart
desert
disappear
dodge
double
duck
duck out
elope
elude
emerge
evade
flee
fly
fly the coop
get away with
get off
go scot-free
leave
make getaway
make off
make oneself scarce
pass
play hooky
run
run away
run off
run out on
shun
skip
slip
slip away
steal away
take a powder
take flight
take on the lam
vanish
work out of
wriggle out
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