escape hatch

noun

: a hatch providing an emergency exit from an enclosed space

: a means of evading a difficulty, dilemma, or responsibility

Examples of escape hatch in a Sentence

the escape hatch of a submarine

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After Jen’s left the Road with her prize of power, Billy and Agatha are left to puzzle out their own escape hatches. —

Caroline Framke, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024 The week's most popular Boeing is looking for an escape hatch from the space business On December 10, shareholders of the tech giant will vote on whether Microsoft should publicly assess adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. —

Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 25 Oct. 2024 Cryptocurrency, he's been arguing these past 10 years, is a digital escape hatch from the world of financial gatekeeping. —

Brady Dale, Axios, 3 Oct. 2024 Cheapest flights from Phoenix that cost less than driving in September This rockstar turned mogul's Phoenix restaurants are an escape hatch from reality Massive (and totally free) festival returns to Arizona. —

Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for escape hatch