Definition of escapes:
(v) :
(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
(v) :
(transitive) To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
(v) :
(intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
(n) :
The act of leaving a dangerous or unpleasant situation.
(n) :
A holiday, viewed as time away from the vicissitudes of life.
(v) :
(transitive) To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.