escaped Meaning, Definition & Usage
-
verb run away from confinement
break loose; get away; escape.
- The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison
-
verb fail to experience
miss; escape.
- Fortunately, I missed the hurricane
-
verb escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
get out; escape; get off; get by; get away.
- She gets away with murder!
- I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
-
verb be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
elude; escape.
- What you are seeing in him eludes me
-
verb remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion
get away; escape.
- We escaped to our summer house for a few days
- The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer
-
verb flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
lam; run; head for the hills; hightail it; bunk; run away; take to the woods; scarper; escape; fly the coop; break away; scat; turn tail.
- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
-
verb issue or leak, as from a small opening
escape.
- Gas escaped into the bedroom
-
adjective satellite having escaped, especially from confinement
on the loose; at large; loose.
- a convict still at large
- searching for two escaped prisoners
- dogs loose on the streets
- criminals on the loose in the neighborhood