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Synonyms
flee (flē)

[Middle English flen, from Old English flēon.]

verb: fled (flĕd), flee·ing, flees. 

intransitive verb 

  1. To run away, as from trouble or danger: fled from the house into the night.
  2. To pass swiftly away; vanish: “of time fleeing beneath him” (William Faulkner)

transitive verb 

To run away from: flee the scene of an accident.

derivatives

fléer
noun