| VERB | motion | get away, escape, break loose | run away from confinement |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | get away, get off, get by, get out, escape | escape potentially unpleasant consequences | |
| social | get away, escape | remove oneself from a familiar / familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion |
| Meaning | run away from confinement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | escape, break loose | |
| Narrower | break, break out, break away | Move away or escape suddenly |
| elude, evade, bilk | escape, either physically or mentally | |
| escape, get away | Remove oneself from a familiar / familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion | |
| exfiltrate | Escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control | |
| run away | escape from the control of | |
| shake, shake off, throw off, escape from | Get rid of | |
| slip | Move smoothly and easily | |
| Broader | flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly |
| Spanish | desatarse, escaparse, escapar, evadirse, evadir, fugarse, huir, irse, librarse | |
| Catalan | anar-se'n, escapar, escapolir-se, evadir-se, evadir, fugir, marxar, tocar el dos | |
| Nouns | getaway | a rapid escape (as by criminals) |
| Meaning | escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | get off, get by, get out, escape | |
| Narrower | evade | Use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
| Spanish | escaparsse, escapar | |
| Catalan | anar-se'n, escapar, escapolir-se, evadir-se, fugir, marxar, tocar el dos | |
| Meaning | Remove oneself from a familiar / familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer" | |
| Synonym | escape | |
| Broader | escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement |
| Spanish | escapar | |
| Catalan | escapar | |
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