escape hatch
noun
1
: a hatch providing an emergency exit from an enclosed space
2
: a means of evading a difficulty, dilemma, or responsibility
Examples of escape hatch in a Sentence
the escape hatch of a submarine
Recent Examples on the Web
Lawmakers emerged from that effort by putting an initiative with fewer escape hatches on the ballot.
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Louis Freedberg, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
That Turkey will now be launching construction projects in Gaza is bound to cause even more friction between Erdogan and the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi government, which wants to limit Turkish influence in Gaza and also wants to avoid opening any escape hatch for Hamas.
—Michael J. Koplow, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2016
Bankruptcy court has become an easy escape hatch for the industry to shed its costly obligations.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
The video shows the increasingly distressed passengers trapped below deck with fire blocking a staircase and an escape hatch.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
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Louis Freedberg, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024
That Turkey will now be launching construction projects in Gaza is bound to cause even more friction between Erdogan and the Abdel Fattah el-Sisi government, which wants to limit Turkish influence in Gaza and also wants to avoid opening any escape hatch for Hamas.
—Michael J. Koplow, Foreign Affairs, 29 June 2016
Bankruptcy court has become an easy escape hatch for the industry to shed its costly obligations.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 6 May 2024
The video shows the increasingly distressed passengers trapped below deck with fire blocking a staircase and an escape hatch.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
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“Escape hatch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escape%20hatch. Accessed 15 Jun. 2024.
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