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flee

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As a verb, flee means run away.

Meanings of flee

3 meanings

verb

  1. To run away; to escape.

    “The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.”

  2. To escape from.

    “Many people fled the country as war loomed.”

    “Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.”

  3. To disappear quickly; to vanish.

    “Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: run away quickly
flytake flight

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