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il échappait

was escaping, was getting away

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échapp escape + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #41,825
was escaping, was getting away
FR: Le voleur échappait à la police.
EN: The thief was escaping from the police.
Conjugation of échapper
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third échappait —

Et qu'arriverait-il s'il s'échappait ?

And what would happen if he escaped?

— M le maudit (1931)

La dimension de notre relation m'échappait jusqu'alors.

Until then, I hadn’t grasped the depth of our relationship.

— Fight Club (1999)

Aucun murmure du passé ne s'échappait de ces murs.

Not a whisper from the past escaped these walls.

— Rebecca (1940)

De la fumée s'échappait du moteur.

Smoke was coming from the engine.

Et tout s’échappait en permanence.

And everything was constantly escaping.

— Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba - Le film : La Forteresse infinie (2025)