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ξέφυγε
escaped /kseˈfije/
verbB1#1525 most common
Also: got away, slipped out, fled
Example sentences
Ο σκύλος ξέφυγε από την αυλή.
The dog escaped from the yard.
Το αμάξι ξέφυγε από τον δρόμο.
The car went off the road.
Ο κρατούμενος ξέφυγε από τη φυλακή χθες το βράδυ.
The prisoner escaped from prison last night.
Παρά την καταδίωξη, ο κλέφτης ξέφυγε από την αστυνομία.
Despite the chase, the thief got away from the police.
Η κατάσταση ξέφυγε από τον έλεγχο πριν προλάβουν να αντιδράσουν.
The situation got out of control before they could react.
Παρά τις προσπάθειές τους να τον συγκρατήσουν, ξέφυγε από τα χέρια τους σαν νερό.
Despite their efforts to hold him back, he slipped from their hands like water.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | ξεφεύγω | ξέφυγα | θα ξεφύγω |
| 2sg | ξεφεύγεις | ξέφυγες | θα ξεφύγεις |
| 3sg | ξεφεύγει | ξέφυγε | θα ξεφύγει |
| 1pl | ξεφεύγουμε | ξεφύγαμε | θα ξεφύγουμε |
| 2pl | ξεφεύγετε | ξεφύγατε | θα ξεφύγετε |
| 3pl | ξεφεύγουν | ξέφυγαν | θα ξεφύγουν |
Word family
ξεφεύγωto escape, get away
διαφεύγωto elude, slip past
καταφεύγωto take refuge
φυγήflight, escape
φυγάςfugitive
Etymology
Ξέφυγε is the third-person singular aorist of ξεφεύγω, built from the prefix ξε- (out, away, a reduced form of the older εκ-/εξ-) and φεύγω, the ordinary Greek verb for fleeing. Φεύγω goes back to the Proto-Indo-European root for fleeing, the same root behind Latin fugere. That Latin verb later gave English words like fugitive and refuge.
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