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fled

  [fled]
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–verb
pt. and pp. of flee.

flee

  [flee] verb, fled, flee⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
2. to move swiftly; fly; speed.
–verb (used with object)
3. to run away from (a place, person, etc.).
Origin:
bef. 900; ME fleen, OE flēon; c. OHG flichan (G fliehen), Goth thliuhan; cf. OE fleogan to fly 1

Synonyms:
3. evade, escape, avoid, shun, elude.
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fled   (flěd)   
v.  Past tense and past participle of flee.
flee   (flē)   
v.   fled (flěd), flee·ing, flees

v.   intr.

  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.

[Middle English flen, from Old English flēon; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]
fle'er n.
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Word Origin & History

flee 
O.E. fleon "take flight" (contracted class II strong verb; past tense fleah, pp. flogen), from P.Gmc. *thleukhanan (cf. O.H.G. fliohan, O.N. flöja, Du. vlieden, Ger. fliehen, Goth. þliuhan "to flee"), of unknown origin. Not found outside Gmc. Weak pt./pp. fled emerged M.E., under influence of Scand. O.E. had a trans. form, geflieman "put to flight," which came in handy in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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