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kaçmak — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abscond verb To leave secretly and hurriedly, usually to escape custody or having taken something that is not yours.
  • escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  • flee verb To run away from danger or a threatening situation.
  • fly noun A small flying insect, especially the common housefly.
  • scurry verb To run with short, quick, hurried steps.
  • shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
  • skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.

Senses

kaçmak is used for these senses in English:

  • abscond (intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away. [From mid 16th century.]
  • flee (intransitive) To run away; to escape.
  • fly (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To flee, to escape (from).
  • scurry To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
  • shun (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).

escape — full definition

  1. verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
  2. verb To avoid something unpleasant, such as punishment or notice.
  3. noun The act of getting free from a dangerous, confining, or unwanted situation.

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