flee

[US]/fliː/
[UK]/fliː/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to run away, escape
vt. to run away from, avoid

Phrases & Collocations

flee for safety

flee from

Example Sentences

flee the scene of an accident.

to rally the fleeing troops

he was forced to flee the country.

Fleeing was the bottommost thought in my mind.

troops fleeing in broken ranks.

The fleeing rebels found a sanctuary in the nearby church.

He was to flee his native village to join the rebel army.

he abandoned his vehicle and tried to flee on foot.

Citizens were forced to flee the besieged city.

The policeman discharged his gun at the fleeing robbers.

Why does she always flee any kind of responsibility?

He never flees away at the first sight of danger.

that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Your mission is to run over the fences, to jump into the windows, to crash the dishes, to nail the birds, to guttle the fishes, to flee from the besom and to be engaged with other cat inherent acts.

But listen to shout a burst of ring, flee into a group of person from the restaurant each corner, take a campstool, shovel, liquefaction spirit cooking stove etc. weapon.

" Water flees fleas" are not insects but copepods, a crustation crustacean like lubster lobsters and crubs crabs but extremely small.

Much of what we are about centers on the same impulses to eat, procreate, fight or flee that motivated Fred Flintstone.

Real-world Examples

I saw just video after video of people fleeing the fire.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation August 2019

That all together, nearly 90,000 people have fled.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation June 2016

But, Mahlii has not made plans to flee.

Source: VOA Special August 2022 Collection

Erik, your grandfather wasn't fleeing the nazis.

Source: English little tyrant

At least 3 million people have already fled their homes.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2018 Collection

Hundreds of thousands have since fled to neighboring Bangladesh.

Source: NPR News August 2018 Compilation

Do we know how many refugees have actually fled?

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American March 2022 Compilation

From afar, it just looks like a small animal fleeing.

Source: TOEFL Listening Preparation Practice

" Then flee, " said Snapes voice curtly.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Civilians have been fleeing the town.

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2015

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