escape hatch
noun
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.
Origin of escape hatch
1First recorded in 1920–25
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How to use escape hatch in a sentence
They had been walking in a deserted companionway which brought them to one of the aft escape hatches of the Glory of the Galaxy.
A Place in the Sun | C.H. Thames
British Dictionary definitions for escape hatch
escape hatch
noun
a means of escape in an emergency, esp from a submarine
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