escape the ax

: to get away (as by flight)

: to issue from confinement

: to run wild from cultivation

: an act or instance of escaping: such as

: flight from confinement

: evasion of something undesirable

: providing a means of escape

: providing a means of evading a regulation, claim, or commitment

: a cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood

: a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing (see ¹dress 6e) or spalling stone

: removal from office or release from employment : dismissal

: to shape, dress (see ¹dress 6e), or trim with an ax

: to chop, split, or sever with an ax

: to remove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget)