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There is no escape from something vs There is no escaping something

admin Confusing Phrases

there is no escape from something—

1. said of a place from which one cannot get away:

  • The jagged rocks are forbidding and dangerous. There is no escape from here.

2. said of a difficult situation that cannot be avoided or ignored:

  • If there is no escape from check, it is checkmate and the game is over.

there is no escaping something— = there is no escape from something 2:

  • There is no escaping the fact that the government has become very unpopular.