 | English  | German |  |
 | close {adj} [escape etc.] | 63 knapp [entkommen etc.] |  |
Verbs |
 | to outrun sb. [to escape sb. by or as if by running] | 172 jdm. davonlaufen |  |
 | to lam [Am.] [coll.] [to escape, esp. from custody] | 68 ausbrechen |  |
 | [to escape, make off, run away, break out] | ausbüchsen [FALSCH für: ausbüxen] |  |
 | to elude sb. [escape sb.'s memory] | jdm. entfallen sein [Name etc.] |  |
 | to slip [escape from] | sich losreißen |  |
Nouns |
 | flight [escape] | 360 Flucht {f} |  |
 | lam [coll.] [flight, escape] | 144 Flucht {f} [bes. vor Polizei] |  |
 | bailout [emergency escape] | 73 Notausstieg {m} [Verlassen im Notfall] |  |
 | constr. escape [vent / opening for the escape of smoke, gas] | 31 Abzug {m} [z. B. für Rauch, Gas] |  |
 | lam [Am.] [coll.] [escape from custody] | 28 Ausbruch {m} |  |
 | getaway [escape] | 17 Entkommen {n} [Flucht] |  |
 | escapade [archaic] [escape] | 9 Flucht {f} [Ausbruch] |  |
 | mining blowout [uncontrollable escape of oil or gas from a well] | Blow-out {m} [auch: Blowout] [unkontrollierter Ausbruch von Erdöl oder -gas aus einem Bohrloch] |  |
 | Houdini [Harry Houdini, 1874-1926, escape artist and magician] | Houdini {m} [Entfesselungs- und Zauberkünstler] |  |
 | meuse [Br.] [regional] [gap in a fence or hedge through which hares, rabbits, etc., pass, esp. as a means of escape] | Durchschlupf {m} [für Tiere, z. B. in Hecken] |  |
2 Words |
 | to bust out [coll.] [break out, escape] | ausbrechen [entkommen] |  |
 | to come off [coll.] [to escape] | entkommen |  |
 | to get out [escape] | entkommen |  |
 | hist. mil. naut. diving lung [submerged escape and rescue breathing apparatus for German WW II submarine crewmen] | Tauchretter {m} |  |
3 Words |
 | to break out of sth. [escape] | aus etw.Dat. ausbrechen [fliehen] |  |
 | to cheat the hangman [idiom] [have a narrow escape] | dem Tod / Totengräber von der Schaufel springen [Redewendung] |  |
 | to fly away from sb. [bird: to escape] | jdm. entfliegen |  |
 | to make a getaway [to escape] | entkommen |  |
 | to run away from sb. [escape] | jdm. entlaufen [meistens Tiere] |  |
4 Words |
 | to make a bolt for sth. [e.g. door, exit (in a rush to escape)] | zu etw.Dat. stürmen / stürzen [um zu entkommen; z. B. zur Tür, zum Ausgang] |  |