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noun • The width of a hair, a very short distance or a very small amount | ||||||||
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noun • the act of escaping physically • an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do • an avoidance of danger or difficulty • a means or way of escaping • a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild • the discharge of a fluid from some container • a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level verb • run away from confinement • fail to experience • escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action • be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by • remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion • flee; take to one's heels; cut and run • issue or leak, as from a small opening | ||||||||
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