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   flee

   /flē/

   verb

   • 1. run away from a place or situation of danger: "a man was shot twice as he fled from five masked youths" Similar runrun awayrun offmake a run for itrun for ittake flightbe gonemake offtake offtake to one's heelsmake a break for itboltbeat a (hasty) retreatmake a quick exitmake one's getawayescapeabsent oneselfmake oneself scarceabscondhead for the hillsdo a disappearing actinformal:beat itclear offclear outvamooseskedaddlesplitcut and runshow a clean pair of heelsturn tailscramdo a runnerscarperdo a bunkleg itlight outbug outcut outpeel outtake a powderskiddoogo throughshoot throughvulgar slang:bugger offarchaic:flyrun away fromleave hastily/abruptlyflyescape frominformal:skip
   • ▪ run away from (someone or something): "he was forced to flee the country"

   Word Origin Old Englishflēon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieden and German fliehen.

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