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

With the team well out of contention the Red Sox found an escape hatch in the form of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who agreed to take on not only Crawford’s but also Josh Beckett’s remaining contract as part of a larger blockbuster built around first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 June 2025

Mars may never be another Earth, but the idea of an escape hatch or a pressure valve for our planet is logical. —Eric MacK, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025

Granted, there’s a minor farcical streak that offers the film a bit of an escape hatch. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 24 May 2025

The homes are connected by a tunnel leading to a 5,000-square-foot underground shelter, reportedly equipped with an escape hatch, a library, and bomb shelter-style steel-and-concrete doors. —Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 9 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for escape hatch

• attach
• bycatch
• despatch
• detach
• dispatch
• mismatch
• nuthatch
• potlatch
• toothache
• bache
• batch
• brach