échapper

/e.ʃa.pe/
1.
verbInf1stPres

to escape; to get away from someone or something (physically or from danger, pursuit, obligation)

Il a réussi à échapper à la police.

He managed to escape the police.

2.
verbInf1stPres

to escape someone's notice, memory or understanding; to elude someone

Pourquoi il a réagi comme ça m'échappe complètement.

Why he reacted like that completely eludes me.