| evasive |
serving to allow one to avoid, escape, or fail to perform something. [1/2 definitions] |
| excuse |
a pretext or subterfuge, esp. when used to escape disapproval or blame. [1/11 definitions] |
| exhaust |
the escape of fumes from an engine, or the fumes themselves. [1/11 definitions] |
| fence |
a structure made of stone, wire, wood, or other material, that serves to define boundaries of property or to prevent entry into or escape from the area it surrounds. [1/5 definitions] |
| fenced-in |
with no means of escape from something oppressive, stifling, or threatening. [1/2 definitions] |
| flee |
to escape by moving rapidly away; run away. [2 definitions] |
| fly the coop |
(informal) to escape from or as if from confinement. |
| getaway |
an escape, esp. from the police. [2/5 definitions] |
| get away |
to escape and become free. [2/3 definitions] |
| get off |
to escape being punished for something, or receive only mild punishment for something one has done; be acquitted. [1/10 definitions] |
| get out of |
to escape having to do (something that one does not wish to do). |
| give someone the slip |
to elude; escape. |
| guard |
to keep watch over so as to prevent escape; keep in check; restrain. [2/8 definitions] |
| hegira |
any journey to escape danger or persecution. [1/2 definitions] |
| hermetic |
preventing or sealed to prevent the influx or escape of air; airtight. [1/3 definitions] |
| Icarus |
in Greek mythology, the son of Daedalus who, in trying to escape with his father from Crete, flew too high with wax-and-feather wings, and fell to his death when the sun melted them. |
| impasse |
a situation that allows no escape or solution; stalemate. [1/2 definitions] |
| jailbreak |
a forcible escape from jail. |
| jump bail |
to escape from the jurisdiction of the law while free on bail. |
| leak |
to pass or escape through an opening of this sort. [1/10 definitions] |
| mate2 |
in chess, the placing of a king in a check from which there is no escape; checkmate. [2/3 definitions] |