"escape route" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: escape routes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} escape route (plural escape routes)
  1. A path used by someone to escape from a dangerous place. Translations (path used by someone to escape from a dangerous place): menekülési útvonal (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-escape_route-en-noun-WqXGwqUW Disambiguation of 'path used by someone to escape from a dangerous place': 94 6
  2. (figuratively) A way out of a difficult or unpleasant situation. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-escape_route-en-noun-woq-VdDJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: escape road

Inflected forms

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