to flee
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2.4
- verb
- /fliː/
:
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- A young girl and her father flee.
- refugees flee
- flee persecution
- forced to flee
My mother's and father's family both fled the South.
- My mother's and father's family both fled the South.
- He maybe can be said to flee Mecca.
- Most of the Arabs simply fled in face of encroaching battle.
- And when inflation comes, people flee to Bitcoin as a reserve asset.
- His side loses a major battle, he has to flee Bohemia.
- It's either you eat the pain or you flee and you sell.
- When you leave a country, they're not fleeing war, they're fleeing France.
- I can't fight, I can't flee, but I can flow.
- Mel, Mel Mel, did you flee to Narnia again?
Examples
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We've had reports of them bombing fleeing convoys of civilians.
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Even mothers who flee with children to protect them from family violence face sanction.
Academic text (2017) -
"I tried to get as many people who were trying to flee into my house as I could.
Academic text (2008) -
And when those people are in danger, often they flee that country.
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And so my, my parents had to flee Iran during the revolution.
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Police believe the victim may have been fleeing from an attacker.
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Half the world's refugees are African, most of them fleeing drought, civil war, or both.
Academic text (1993) -
By 1990, Mengistu was forced to flee the country and seek asylum in Zimbabwe.
Academic text (1992) -
Let's say you're a woman in New York City fleeing an abusive husband.
Academic text (2011) -
The villagers were forced to flee their homes as the wildfire approached.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To move a boat fast in the same direction as the wind
∞
3.0
Leave a place quickly or suddenly
550
1.6
To leave secretly and quickly to get away from danger or control
344
4.1
To move people out of a place because it is dangerous, for example during a fire
333
1.8
Pass very quickly, often used for time
165
3.0
To escape from people who are holding you, often by force
137
2.7
To get away from a person, place, or situation that causes trouble
78
2.0
Leave a place suddenly, often to avoid someone or something
69
2.3
To run away suddenly to escape danger
36
5.3
To try to escape quickly, often by running
25
3.9
Get away very quickly to avoid being hurt
20
3.8
Leave suddenly because you are in a hurry
18
8.3
To leave a place very quickly to escape danger or trouble
16
8.4
To leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger
14
9.3
To run away quickly because you are afraid
13
4.4
To move back from a place or activity to avoid danger and trouble
12
7.9
To leave a place suddenly without permission
11
3.5
Leave quickly to escape danger, often by flying
11
4.4
Leave a place quickly to avoid being caught after causing or seeing trouble
7
7.0
To run away quickly because you are afraid
7
9.2
Leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger
7
5.6
To leave a place quickly to escape danger or trouble
5
5.8
To leave a place suddenly and unexpectedly
5
4.9
Leave a place suddenly and quickly because you feel scared
5
6.6
Leave a place quickly because people are angry or you are in trouble
5
7.2
Leave quickly to go somewhere or to avoid trouble
5
8.0
To leave a place very quickly to avoid danger or trouble
4
7.8
To run away quickly to escape danger
3
8.2
To leave a place quickly to escape danger
2
2.5
Leave a place quickly because you are in a hurry
1
8.1
To leave a place quickly to be safe
1
9.7
To run away quickly to avoid trouble
1
7.1
Move away quickly to avoid something you are afraid of
1
6.0
To leave a place quickly to avoid danger or trouble
1
6.1
Run away quickly to escape danger or trouble
Run quickly into the woods to escape danger
To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid
To leave quickly to avoid trouble or attention
To run away quickly to avoid being caught
To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flee comes from the same old word as fly and flight, which meant 'to move quickly away'. So to flee is like 'taking flight', leaving a place quickly to escape danger.