1. verb /ɪˈskeɪp/
a) To get free, to free oneself.
The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.
He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.
2. noun /ɪˈskeɪp/
a) The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
The prisoners made their escape by digging a tunnel
b) A key on most modern computer keyboards, sometimes abbreviated Esc, and typically programmed to cancel some current operation.
You forgot to insert an escape in the datastream.
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