escape a fate

Frequency: 7.08.8 per million words

To get away from a particular (usually bad) destiny.

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Examples (10)

  • The hero managed to escape a terrible fate through sheer determination.
  • She worked hard to escape the fate of poverty that had plagued her family.
  • By leaving the country, he hoped to escape the political fate awaiting him.
  • The rebels were fortunate to escape the fate of their captured comrades.
  • Quick thinking helped them escape a fate worse than death.
  • The company restructured to escape the fate of bankruptcy.
  • She studied medicine to escape the fate of an arranged marriage.
  • The witness protection program allowed him to escape his criminal fate.
  • They fled at dawn to escape the cruel fate that awaited them.
  • Education was her only way to escape the fate of generations before her.