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escape

Best crossword clue

"Get free"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈskeɪp/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aceepsStarts with EEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. To get away from danger, confinement, or control.

Word origin

From Middle English escapen, from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French escaper ( = Old French eschaper, modern French échapper), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre (“to escape a garment, get out of one's clothing”, literally “to free oneself from one's cape”), from Latin ex- (“out”) + Late Latin cappa (“cape, cloak”). Cognate with escapade. Also doublet of scape.

Used in a sentence

  • The prisoners escaped by jumping over a wall.
  • The factory was evacuated after toxic gases escaped from a pipe.
  • He only got a fine and so escaped going to jail.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Get free6 letters
02Get away6 letters

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