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

709 1.0

To leave a place or person and go somewhere else

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

F

to flee

vsto escape from

331 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

235 4.0

To move back from a place or plan to avoid danger

is typically more urgent and immediate rather than planned withdrawal

G

to get away

vsto escape from

165 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

R

to run away

vsto escape from

93 1.1

To become difficult to control or stop, for example prices

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

R

to run away from

vsto escape from

• Informal

92 2.9

To avoid dealing with a problem or responsibility

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

E

to elude

vsto escape from

83 5.8

To escape someone or fail to be understood

is focused on leaving someone who pursues or avoiding unwanted situations

E

to evade

vsto escape from

52 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 out

vsto escape from

51 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

S

to shake off

vsto escape from

41 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 extricate

vsto escape from

22 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

B

to break free from

vsto escape from

11 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

B

to break loose

vsto escape from

8 3.9

To force yourself free from a place or person

is broader, also covering avoiding pursuit and unwanted situations

G

to get out of Dodge

vsto escape from

• Informal

7 9.2

Leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger

is the neutral term for avoiding pursuit or unwanted situations

B

to bolt from

vsto escape from

• Informal

5 5.8

To leave a place suddenly and unexpectedly

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

B

to break away

vsto escape from

5 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 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

310 4.1

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

How Successful

to break free from

11 4.1

to escape from

137 2.7

to flee

331 2.4

to pull away

86 3.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology