Escape means to leave a place where you are kept. It is often used when someone or something gets free from a prison or a closed place.
The dog escaped from its cage.
He escaped from the locked room.
Escape can mean avoiding a duty or responsibility. People use it when someone does not do what they should by getting away.
He escaped responsibility by blaming others.
They escaped paying taxes illegally.
Escape is used when something like air, gas, or water gets out of a place where it should stay inside. It means to leak or flow out.
Gas escaped from the broken pipe.
Water escaped through the wall cracks.
Escape as a noun means the event of getting free. It is the moment or act when someone or something leaves a bad or locked place.
The prisoner made a quick escape.
Escape from danger saved their lives.
Escape means a short holiday or rest when you take time off to relax. People use it to talk about fun or rest from normal life.
We need an escape from work.
She took an escape to the beach.
Escape can mean a path or door used to get out safely. It is often used for emergency exits and safe ways out.
Use the emergency escape found behind.
The building has many escape routes.
In computing, escape means to send a special code to change how text is read. It helps show symbols or commands that are not normal letters.
Press ESC to escape special characters.
Escape codes help computers read text.
