flee

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /fliː/

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Verb

Plain form flee

Third-person singular flees

Past tense fled

Past participle fled

Present participle fleeing

1. (intransitive) If you flee, you run away or escape.

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

2. (transitive) If you flee a place, you escape from it.

   The culprit fled the crime scene.

   Millions of people fled the country during the war.