emergency exit

Meaning

An emergency exit is a special door used to leave a building, plane, or bus quickly during a dangerous situation. It is usually marked with a bright green or red sign. Passengers sitting next to these exits on airplanes must agree to help the crew if there is an emergency.

Examples

• Please make sure you do not block the emergency exit with your bags.

  Please make sure you do not block the emergency exit with your bags.

• The flight attendant explained how to open the emergency exit in an urgent situation.

  The flight attendant explained how to open the emergency exit in an urgent situation.

• In a theater, you should always locate the nearest emergency exit as soon as you arrive.

  In a theater, you should always locate the nearest emergency exit as soon as you arrive.

• If you sit in the emergency exit row, you need to be willing to assist the crew.

  If you sit in the emergency exit row, you need to be willing to assist the crew.

• The green sign above the door clearly indicates the emergency exit.

  The green sign above the door clearly indicates the emergency exit.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ We ran out through the urgent door.

  ✓ We ran out through the emergency exit.

  Urgent door is a literal translation from other languages. The correct English term for safety exits is 'emergency exit'.

• ✗ Please don't block the emergency gate.

  ✓ Please don't block the emergency exit.

  While 'gate' is used at airports, the physical door used to escape a building or aircraft is called an 'exit'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• In case of fire, please use the nearest ___.

  💡 The special door used to leave a building quickly in danger.

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  emergency exit

• Passengers sitting in the ___ row must read the safety card carefully.

  💡 The row of seats next to the escape doors on a plane.

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  emergency exit