escape hatch

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Noun

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escape hatch (plural escape hatches)

  1. An emergency exit in a vehicle, aircraft, ship, or similar structure.
  2. A workaround to avoid a negative, often unintended, side effect of a positive change.
    What we need is progress with an escape hatch.