English man turned to escape (5)

I believe the answer is:

evade

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'to escape' is the definition.
(I know that evade is a more specific form of the action break loose)

'english man turned' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'eva' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'man' becomes 'Ed' (short for Edward).
'turned' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ed' written backwards gives 'de'.
'eva'+'de'='EVADE'

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(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "skirt" , "Sidestep" , "Escape (esp. by guile)" , "Artfully dodge" , "Circumvent, dodge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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