escape route
collocation in Englishmeaningsofescapeandroute
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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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route
noun[C]
uk/ruːt/us/ruːt/
a particular way or direction ...
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(Definition ofescapeandroutefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofescape route
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English needs to be more than a privilegedescaperoute.
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The otherescaperouteoffered by modern culture is exactly the opposite of warriorhood : spirituality.
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Economists believe that their approach provides anescaperoutefrom these diculties.
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Furthermore, it seemed to offer anescaperoutefor parties troubled by declining grassroots organizations.
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And that provides us with noescaperoutefrom the infinite regress of reasons.
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This strategy has its attractions as anescaperoutefrom our result.
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What was theescaperoute?
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That is their onlyescaperoute.
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Will we give it anescaperoute?
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We shall not use thatescaperoute.
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Oneescaperoutewould be for him to withdraw it.
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Anyescaperouteis bound to give rise to difficulties.
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It is too vague; theescaperouteis too obvious.
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We need greater flexibility than thatescaperouteallows.
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That gives an easyescaperoutefor the wily offender.
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They give them anescaperoutefrom their failures.
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Obviously anescaperoutewas sought from this embarrassing commitment.
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It is anescaperoutefrom tough economic decisions.
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It is theescaperoutethat they used last time.
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Immediately before slugs were introduced, the drip irrigation system was removed as it could have provided anescaperoutefor the slugs or beetles.
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The otherescaperouteis to limit the studies to those who have been fully informed about their medical histories and conditions.
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Limited pericyte coverage might increase tumour vessel permeability, which could then provide anescaperoutefor invasive cancer cells from the primary tumour to distant sites.
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By initiating exploration and aggregation of information about the environment, curiosity would have provided valuable information, for example, when the need for anescaperoutearose.
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Again, there is anescaperouteif we assume that stress is penultimate except in bases such as /gagaga/ or /katoto/, where the medial vowel deletes.
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There is noescaperoutethrough devaluation, and firms know this.
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