escape hatch

noun

An emergency exit in a vehicle, aircraft, ship, or similar structure.

“What we need is progress with an escape hatch.”

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Meanings

nounescape hatch (plural escape hatches)

plural escape hatches

  1. An emergency exit in a vehicle, aircraft, ship, or similar structure.
  2. broadlyfigurativelyA preplanned or readily available means of avoiding a difficult, unpleasant, or undesirable situation.

    What we need is progress with an escape hatch.

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APA

escape hatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escape%20hatch

MLA

“escape hatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escape%20hatch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escape hatch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escape%20hatch.

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