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逃げ出す

にげだす

to make a break for, to run off

Mnemonic

You get away and then you are out and still moving, which is two stages rather than one. The tiger is not in the cage and your knee に is going げ before the rest of you: にげだす.

Built from

escape, flee
辶 road + 兆 omen, sign
exit, come out
Stacked peaks, something pushing up and out into view.

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