flee

  • 11flee — fly, Cscape, decamp, abscond Analogous words: evade, elude, avoid, Cscape …

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  • 12flee — [v] run away to escape abscond, avoid, beat a hasty retreat*, blow*, bolt*, break, cut and run*, cut out*, decamp, depart, desert, elude, evade, fly, fly the coop*, get*, get away, get the hell out*, hotfoot*, jump, leave, make a getaway*, make… …

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  • 13flee — ► VERB (flees, fleeing; past and past part. fled) ▪ run away. ORIGIN Old English …

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  • 14flee — [flē] vi. fled, fleeing [ME fleen < OE fleon: see FLOW] 1. to run away or escape from danger, pursuit, unpleasantness, etc. 2. to pass away swiftly; vanish [night had fled] 3. to move rapidly; go swiftly vt. to run away or try to escape from;… …

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  • 15flee — verb ADVERB ▪ abroad (esp. BrE), across the border, into exile ▪ Hundreds of refugees fled across the border to escape the fighting. ▪ north, south, etc …

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  • 16Flée — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Flée, commune française de la Côte d Or Flée, ancienne commune française de la Côte d Or, aujourd hui intégrée à Dampierre et Flée Flée, commune française …

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  • 17Flee — Infobox Album | Name = Flee Type = Album Artist = The Jeremy Spencer Band Released = 1979 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = Label = Atlantic Records Producer = Jeremy Spencer and Michael Fogarty Last album = Jeremy Spencer and the Children (1972)… …

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  • 18flee */*/ — UK [fliː] / US [flɪ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms flee : present tense I/you/we/they flee he/she/it flees present participle fleeing past tense fled UK [fled] / US past participle fled a) to escape from a dangerous situation or place …

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  • 19flee — 01. Thousands of refugees are [fleeing] the area, and the U.N. is afraid war is about to break out. 02. Women [fleeing] an abusive relationship are encouraged to contact the Ministry of Human Resources for help and support. 03. During the Vietnam …

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  • 20flee — [[t]fli͟ː[/t]] ♦♦♦ flees, fleeing, fled VERB: no passive If you flee from something or someone, or flee a person or thing, you escape from them. [WRITTEN] He slammed the bedroom door behind him and fled... [V prep/adv] In 1984 he fled to Costa… …

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