escape from

1. 1.

   get rid of

   “I couldn't shake the car that was following me”

   Synonymsshakeshake offthrow off

   Broaderescape

Questions about escape from

What does escape from mean?

escape from means "get rid of".

What is another word for escape from?

Close synonyms include shake, shake off, throw off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is escape from a common word?

escape from is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.