quick escape

collocation in English

meaningsofquickandescape

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quick
adjective
uk
/kwɪk/us
/kwɪk/
happening or done with great speed, or lasting only a ...
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escape
noun
uk
/ɪˈskeɪp/us
/ɪˈskeɪp/
the act of successfully getting out of a place or a dangerous or ...
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(Definition ofquickandescapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquick escape

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That squad will be at a great advantage in chasing criminals who now use the motorways and dual carriage ways forquickescape.
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Soo-ro is able to hide then make aquickescape.
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When alarmed, especially while basking, it will make aquickescapeinto the water and hide.
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This decreases the chances that the sniper will find a stealthy,quickescaperoute.
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Generally, however, tree snakes in the wild will make aquickescapewhen they realize someone is watching them.
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He himself continued to prepare to leave, setting a horse outside his estate for aquickescape.
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The magic wielding villains tried to make aquickescapewhen they realized both teams were at full strength.
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Where those estates have been modified in such a way as to do away with thosequickescaperoutes, that has been a great benefit to the people living there.
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Many birds in this order can not walk, and thus rarely if ever land on the ground sincequickescapefrom predators is virtually impossible.
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Many locals even leave their cars unlocked in case someone needs to make aquickescapefrom the polar bears in the area.
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Slow and rather clumsy on land, they build burrows in banks near water, allowing for easier food access and aquickescapefrom predators.
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The foam caused combustion to spread rapidly and the resulting fire led to 100 deaths, apparently because theirquickescapewas blocked by ineffective exit doors.
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One of his requests was for a boat to be ready at the harbour within one hour of the final whistle, in case he needed to make aquickescape.
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