flee

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /fliː/

Verb

flee (flees, present participle fleeing; past fled, past participle fled)

1. (intransitive) To run away; to escape.

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

2. (transitive) To escape from.

   Many people fled the country as war loomed.

   Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.

3. (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.

   Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.

Related terms

• flight

Translations

• French: s'enfuir, prendre la fuite
• German: fliehen, flüchten
• Italian: fuggire
• Portuguese: escapar, fugir
• Russian: убега́ть
• Spanish: huir

Translations

• French: fuir, échapper
• German: fliehen, entfliehen, flüchten
• Portuguese: escapar de, fugir de
• Russian: убега́ть
• Spanish: huir

Translations

• Portuguese: sumir
• Russian: улету́чиваться
• Spanish: desvanecerse

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