daring escape
Audacious getaway attempt
A daring escape is a dramatic flight from captivity or danger, one requiring boldness and risk.
The phrase emphasizes audacity—tunneling out of prison, leaping from a moving train, slipping past armed guards.
The POWs made a daring escape through the sewers.
The modifier daring distinguishes it from quiet or lucky escapes; someone actively courted danger to get free.
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
- prison breakEscape from custody
- getawaySwift departure or retreat
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- on the runActively avoiding capture
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