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Flee Definition And Meaning
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.

Flee Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Flee?

[v] to run away; "He threw down his gun and fled."

Synonyms | Synonyms for Flee: fly | take flight

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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