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Learn where to get help; memorize emergency phone numbers
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Keep a phone in a room you can lock from the inside
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If the abuser has moved out, change the locks on your door; put locks on the windows
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Plan an escape route out of your home: teach it to your children
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Think about where you would go if you need to escape
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Ask your neighbors to call the police if they see the abuser at your house; make a signal for them to call the police, for example, if the phone rings twice, a shade is pulled down or a light is on
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Pack a bag with important things you'd need if you had to leave quickly; put it in a safe place, or give it to a friend or relative you trust
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Include cash, car keys, and important information such as court papers, passport or birth certificates, medical records and medicines, immigration papers
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Get an unlisted and unpublished phone number
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Block caller ID
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Use an answering machine; screen the calls