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Definition of flee verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

flee

 verb
verb
NAmE//fli//
 
[intransitive, transitive, no passive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they flee
 
he / she / it flees
 
past simple fled
 
-ing form fleeing
 
 
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to leave a person or place very quickly, especially because you are afraid of possible danger She burst into tears and fled. flee from somebody/something a camp for refugees fleeing from the war flee to…/into… He fled to Los Angeles after an argument with his family. flee something He was caught trying to flee the country. The driver had already fled the scene of the accident. compare fly
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