About The Word Flee
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Flee
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What's The Definition Of Flee?
[v] to run away; "He threw down his gun and fled."
Synonyms | Synonyms for Flee: fly | take flight Related Terms | Find terms related to Flee: abscond | absquatulate | avoid | bail out | be annihilated | be consumed | be destroyed | be gone | be no more | be wiped out | beat a retreat | beat it | blow | bolt | break | break away | break jail | break loose | bunk | cease | cease to be | cease to exist | clear out | cut and run | cut loose | cut out | decamp | dematerialize | depart | desert | die | die away | die out | disappear | dispel | disperse | dissipate | dissolve | do a fade-out | dwindle | elope | elude | erode | escape | escape prison | eschew | evade | evanesce | evaporate | exit | expire | fade | fade away | fade out | fly | fly the coop | fugitate | get away | get clear of | get free | get out | get out of | go | go away | go AWOL | hide | hightail | jump | jump bail | leave no trace | leave the scene | levant | make a getaway | make an exit | make off | make tracks | melt | melt away | pass | pass away | pass out | perish | peter out | quit | retire from sight | run | run along | run away | run away from | run away with | run for it | run off | scamper | scape | scoot | scram | screw | show the heels | shun | sink | sink away | skedaddle | skip | skip out | slip the cable | slip the collar | split | suffer an eclipse | take flight | take French leave | take off | take to flight | take wing | turn tail | vamoose | vanish | vanish from sight | waste | waste away | wear away See Also | abscond | absquatulate | bolt | break | break loose | decamp | defect | desert | elope | escape | get away | go away | go forth | go off | leave | run off | stampede Flee In Webster's Dictionary \Flee\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fleeing}.] [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fle['o]n (imperf.
fle['a]h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G.
fliehen, Icel. fl?ja (imperf. fl??i), Dan. flye, Sw. fly
(imperf. flydde), Goth. pliuhan. (?) 84. Cf. {Flight}.]
To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed
or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This
is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
--Shak.
Flee fornication. --1 Cor. vi.
18.
So fled his enemies my warlike father. --Shak.
Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use
fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost
speed. ``Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?''
--Shak. See {Fly}, v. i., 5.
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