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escape from

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Verb1.escape from - get rid of; "I couldn't shake the car that was following me"
shake off, throw off, shake
escape, get away, break loose - run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"


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Well, they say that Monsieur de Beaufort is going to escape from Vincennes, if he has not done so already.
Twenty Years After by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Ghak, Perry, and I often talked together of possible escape, but the Sarian was so steeped in his lifelong belief that no one could escape from the Mahars except by a miracle, that he was not much aid to us--his attitude was of one who waits for the miracle to come to him.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
"That's what reason is given man for, to escape from what worries him," said the lady in French, lisping affectedly, and obviously pleased with her phrase.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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