escape from reality

Meaning

To avoid or temporarily forget the struggles, boredom, or stress of daily life by engaging in fantasy, entertainment, or travel. It has a neutral tone and can describe healthy relaxation or unhealthy avoidance.

Examples

• Reading fantasy novels is my favorite way to escape from reality.

  Reading fantasy novels is my favorite way to escape from reality.

• Sometimes you just need a weekend trip to escape from reality for a bit.

  Sometimes you just need a weekend trip to escape from reality for a bit.

• Video games offer players a safe space to escape from reality.

  Video games offer players a safe space to escape from reality.

• He turned to music as a means to escape from reality during a stressful semester.

  He turned to music as a means to escape from reality during a stressful semester.

• The movie was pure entertainment, designed to help people escape from reality.

  The movie was pure entertainment, designed to help people escape from reality.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ She uses movies to escape from the reality.

  ✓ She uses movies to escape from reality.

  When talking about reality as a general concept, do not use the definite article 'the'.

• ✗ I need to escape out of reality.

  ✓ I need to escape from reality.

  Use the preposition 'from' with 'escape' in this context, rather than 'out of'.

Related Expressions

Practice

• For many people, going to the theater is a chance to ___.

  💡 Forget about daily life and its problems for a while.

  Show answer

  escape from reality

• He spent the entire weekend hiking in the mountains just to ___.

  💡 Avoid the demands and stress of his routine life.

  Show answer

  escape from reality