さける
to avoid, to evade
The road again, except that this one takes the long way on purpose. He saw them at the far end of the aisle and found something urgent in the other direction, sake さけ still in hand: さける.
Avoiding a thing or a person. 逃げる にげる is running once it has already started.
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