escalator clause
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～ a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
escalator
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～ a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
escallop
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～ bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
escallop
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～ edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
escallop
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～ edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces
escallop
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～ thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled
escapade
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～ a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
escapade
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～ any carefree episode
escape
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～ be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
escape
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～ fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"
escape
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～ flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
escape
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～ escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
escape
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～ issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
escape
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～ remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"
escape
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～ run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"
escape cock
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～ a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
escape
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～ an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"
escape
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～ the discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"
escape
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～ a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"
escape
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～ an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"