escape a rut

/ɪˈskeɪp ə rʌt/

verb phrase

  1. To break free from a boring, repetitive, or unproductive routine or situation and make a change.

    B2

    transitive; usually used with a possessive determiner

    • "She took a new class to escape her daily rut."B1
    • "Travelling helped him escape the rut he had fallen into."B2
    • "The company introduced flexible working to help employees escape a professional rut."C1

Collocations

escape a rutfall into a rutbe stuck in a rutget out of a rutbreak out of a rut

Word family

escapeescapableescapee