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flee

Audio Help [flee] Pronunciation Key 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 fléon; c. OHG flichan (G fliehen), Goth thliuhan; cf. OE fleogan to fly¹

]

—Synonyms 3. evade, escape, avoid, shun, elude.

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flee Audio Help   (flē) Pronunciation Key
v.   fled (flěd), flee·ing, flees

v.   intr.

To run away, as from trouble or danger: fled from the house into the night.
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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