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verb
- 1. run away from a place or situation of danger: "to escape the fighting, his family fled from their village" Similar
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FLEE definition: 1. to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear: 2. to quickly go to another…. Learn more.
The meaning of FLEE is to run away often from danger or evil : fly. How to use flee in a sentence.
To flee is to run away or escape from a dangerous or otherwise negative situation. Much less commonly, flee can be used to mean to move at a fast pace. The past tense of flee is fled. Example: He was forced to flee his home as a result of the impending battle.
If you flee from something or someone, or flee a person or thing, you escape from them.
When you flee, you get away as quickly as you can. You might even take flight to escape — usually from a dangerous place or situation. In a moment of panic after stealing a cookie from the cookie jar, you might decide to flee the scene of the crime.
1. To run away, as from trouble or danger: fled from the house into the night. 2. To pass swiftly away; vanish: "of time fleeing beneath him" (William Faulkner). v.tr. To run away from: flee the scene of an accident.
Definition of flee verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
