1 to avail oneself of

2 to take advantage of

1 to escape

2 to run away

3 to flee

1 to escape

2 to evade

3 to avoid

4 to shirk

1 as soon as possible

2 at the first opportunity

3 the sooner the better

4 before it's too late

1 to seize an opportunity

2 to take advantage of situation

1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)

1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.

1 to flee at the mere sight of (idiom)

1 mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape

2 to survive by the skin of one's teeth

1 it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)