to escape from

Examples

• All

• Four months later, hundreds escaped from a center and marched around calling for freedom.

  Academic text (2012)

• You never tell us how you escaped from that jail in Paris.

  My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)

• I had to escape from jail!

  Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)

• You can escape from it whenever you choose.

  Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)

• But at least one of them will work and we will escape from this pandemic and its consequences.

• So his parents had to escape from a country with hyperinflation.

• It's nearly five years since you escaped from Treadmore.

  Lock Up (1989)

• The chimp managed to escape from the enclosure one day.

  Danny Jones

• In 1997, 300,000 juvenile and adult salmon escaped from a single Washington State salmon farm.

  Academic text (1999)

• She helped Theseus to escape from the maze of the Minotaur.

  Doctor Jekyll (2023)

Synonyms

G

to get out of here

vsto escape from

• Informal

∞ 3.0

Leave a place quickly or suddenly

is often used for sudden leaving but lacks the focused sense of avoiding pursuers

E

to escape

vsto escape from

∞ 1.0

To get away from a place where you are kept or are in danger

is identical but is used with an added word showing what one leaves

G

to go away

vsto escape from

926 1.0

To leave a place or person and go somewhere else

is more specific to avoiding pursuers or unwanted situations than simple departure

G

to get away

vsto escape from

646 3.0

To escape from people who are holding you, often by force

is broader, covering avoiding pursuit or unwanted situations as well as confinement

F

to flee

vsto escape from

583 2.4

To run away from a place because it is dangerous

is similar but also covers leaving non-urgent or non-physical situations

R

to retreat

vsto escape from

225 4.0

To move back from a place or plan to avoid danger

is typically more urgent and immediate rather than planned withdrawal

R

to run away from

vsto escape from

• Informal

206 2.9

To avoid dealing with a problem or responsibility

is the more physical act of leaving a pursuer or danger, not mere avoidance

B

to break out

vsto escape from

142 3.6

To get free quickly from a place or situation, often from captivity

is broader, covering avoiding pursuers or unwanted people as well as confinement

E

to elude

vsto escape from

81 5.8

To escape someone or fail to be understood

is focused on leaving someone who pursues or avoiding unwanted situations

S

to shake off

vsto escape from

80 3.6

Make something unwanted go away, like an illness, a feeling, or a person following you

is about leaving pursuers or danger rather than removing an influence

E

to evade

vsto escape from

62 4.4

To get away from someone or something by being clever and tricky

is less about trickiness and more about leaving directly

B

to break away

vsto escape from

27 3.6

To escape suddenly from control, capture, or a group

is similar but can apply to leaving to avoid danger, not only separation

E

to extricate

vsto escape from

21 7.6

Free a person or thing from something that traps them

is often about helping someone out of difficulty, not personal flight from threat

G

to get out of Dodge

vsto escape from

• Informal

18 9.2

Leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger

is the neutral term for avoiding pursuit or unwanted situations

B

to break loose

vsto escape from

17 3.9

To force yourself free from a place or person

is broader, also covering avoiding pursuit and unwanted situations

B

to break free from

vsto escape from

12 4.1

To escape limits or control and become independent

is more about avoiding danger or pursuers rather than gaining independence

A

to abscond

vsto escape from

• Formal

11 8.5

To leave quickly and secretly with money or things to avoid being caught

is broader, applying to leaving to avoid pursuers or unwanted situations, not only secret flight

R

to run away

vsto escape from

9 1.1

To become difficult to control or stop, for example prices

is about leaving pursuers or avoiding unwanted situations rather than losing control

B

to bolt from

vsto escape from

• Informal

7 5.8

To leave a place suddenly and unexpectedly

is similar but usually refers to a sudden action without aiming to avoid someone

E

to exfiltrate

vsto escape from

• Specialized

1 9.9

To secretly move people or things out of an area controlled by enemies

is the general act of leaving danger, not limited to secret or military operations

Antonyms

C

to confront

336 4.1

Face someone directly in an angry or challenging way to accuse them

How Successful

to break free from

12 4.1

to escape from

240 2.7

to flee

583 2.4

to pull away

153 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology