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escape

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪˈskeɪp/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪˈskeɪp/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(i skāp′)

Inflections of 'escape' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
escapes
v 3rd person singular
escaping
v pres p
escaped
v past
escaped
v past p

Collocations for "escape"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "escape" in context.

WordReference English Collocations © 2026

escape

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
v
  1. escape the [war, fire, collapse]
  2. escape [reality, life]
  3. escape the [truth, reality] of
  4. escape on a [vacation, trip, cruise]
  5. escape to [Hawaii]
  6. escape from the [stress, daily routine, commotion]
  7. escape into a [book, daydream]
  8. escape to [another world, a faraway place]
  9. [trying, managed] to escape
  10. (managed to) escape [the murderer, his attackers]
  11. escaped with [her life, minor injuries]
  12. escaped from [prison, custody, a holding facility]
  13. the [criminal, murderer] escaped (from prison)
  14. escaped into [exile, hiding]
  15. escaped through the [tunnel, crowd, forest]
  16. escaped out the [back, front door]
  17. escaped [capture, imprisonment, punishment]
  18. [lucky, fortunate] to escape [capture]
  19. a [plot, plan] to escape (from prison)
  20. [the word, her name] escapes me
  21. [don't let, does] the fact escape you that
n
  1. a prison escape
  2. an escape from prison
  3. had [a lucky, a fortunate, an amazing] escape (when)
  4. made a [quick, daring] escape
  5. were [planning, plotting] their escape
  6. an emergency escape (form)
  7. an escape to [Europe]
  8. made her escape from
  9. made his escape in the [cover, darkness] of night
  10. their escape was [foiled, thwarted, abandoned]
  11. [no means, your only means] of escape
  12. (but) there was no escape
  13. an escape from the [war, the police, violence, killer]
  14. an escape from [the daily routine, the office]
  15. an escape to the [beach, mountains, cabin]
  16. the escape from the Earth's [gravity, pull, atmosphere]
  17. a perfect escape for [a working family, people of all ages]
n as adj
  1. is an escape artist
  2. an escape [route, hatch, valve, plan]
  3. the rocket's escape velocity
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'escape' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
fashion - flee - manage - plot - scheme - capture - care - fate - few - gap - reality - daily - narrow - lucky - rat - clause - cunning - daring - devil - duct - jaw - moisture - route - avenue - ghetto - grind - hatch - hostage - hustle - North - pod - somehow - frantic - traffic - confine - loophole - suicide - terrifying

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