Definitions

escape hatch

NOUN

back door

Synonyms

STRONGEST

side door

WEAK

back entrance back stairs back way indirect access means of entry postern postern door secret exit secretive or illicit method trap door trapdoor wormhole

NOUN

escape clause

Synonyms

WEAK

clause escalator clause escapeway fine print hole to creep out of loophole saving clause technicality way of escape way-out

NOUN

fire escape

Synonyms

WEAK

escapeway fire egress fire exit

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An "escape hatch" built into the side of pots is preventing so-called "bycatch" and allowing young lobsters, fish and other marine life to escape.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

While the mechanics may be complicated, the upshot for savers is clear—anyone worried about declining saving account rates now has an escape hatch.

From Barron's • Dec. 11, 2025

Nor is resignation an escape hatch for most military officers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Throughout the novel, Rhys references Kant, De Beauvoir, Sartre, Virginia Woolf and Epictetus, among others, using knowledge as a balm and escape hatch.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

I wanted to have already crawled through my escape hatch into whatever world lay beyond.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

escape hatch

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