asphalt jungle »
A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.
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break out »
To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
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chickens coming home to roost »
Consequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.
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crab mentality »
A way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.
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do a bunk »
To escape or flee under incriminating circumstances.
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dodge a bullet »
To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury or disaster.
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fall through the cracks »
To be missed; to escape the necessary notice or attention.
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fire escape »
emergency exit
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fly the coop »
To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee.
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fly the coop »
To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.
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get away »
escape
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get away »
make an escape
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give somebody the slip »
To evade, escape, or get away from somebody.
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let slip »
allow to escape
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off the radar »
Unlikely to happen, or be important in the near future or tending to escape detection or attention.
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