逃

escapist literature

profiting by escaping (from punishment, payment, etc.)

to disperse; to scatter and flee

escape!; flee!; run away!

Proverb

the biggest fish is always the one that got away

on the run; on the lam

Rare term

barking while in retreat

to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice

to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to turn a blind eye to

to pass up (e.g. an opportunity)

Baseball

to let (a good ball) go by

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

to fail to hear something; to miss

to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss

to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity

to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

making off with (something); absconding

Noun or verb acting prenominally

stolen; absconded (with)

to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade

desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire

quitting while one is ahead; running from a rematch after one has won

leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking

to let an opportunity slip

avoiding or dodging responsibility

hit-and-run (causing personal injury)

fleeing the country