escape hatch
a hatch used for emergency escape, as from a submarine or aircraft.
a means of avoiding a troublesome situation; a ready or handy way out.
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How to use escape hatch in a sentence
San Diego is betting a state anti-corruption law can be an escape hatch from two city leases that a real estate guru it had considered a volunteer received more than $9 million to help execute.
The City Is Betting on This Law to Get it Out of 101 Ash, Civic Center Deals | Lisa Halverstadt | July 2, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoIf only John Kerry had been aware of this linguistic escape hatch.
The New Era of Evolution Helps Pols Switch Stance on Issues from Gay Marriage to Immigration | Howard Kurtz | April 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMami—this is one of the conventional parts of the story—did stress education, and Sonia knew it was her escape hatch.
Heller leaves one big escape hatch from this nihilistic frame.
The hard-pressed countries of the eurozone have an escape hatch: They can quit the euro currency.
Stuck between two unpopular options on a controversial oil pipeline, President Obama finds an escape hatch.
Obama Delays Keystone Pipeline at Least 12 Months | Daniel Stone | November 10, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTHe motioned the others to stand back and began opening the dogs which secured the escape hatch.
First on the Moon | Jeff SuttonRip smashed at the escape hatch above his head, grabbed propulsion tubes from the rack, and called, "Now!"
Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet | Harold Leland GoodwinBack toward the trailing edge then, to a small escape-hatch beside which was fastened a dull black ball.
Triplanetary | Edward Elmer SmithWinter staggered to the escape hatch and stood by it, waiting for the others.
Mr. Spaceship | Philip K. DickThe light over the escape hatch indicated that someone had gone out.
Stand by for Mars! | Carey Rockwell
British Dictionary definitions for escape hatch
a means of escape in an emergency, esp from a submarine
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