flee
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- IPA /fliː/
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flee verb
- To run away; to escape.“The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.”
- To escape from.“Many people fled the country as war loomed.”
- To disappear quickly; to vanish.“Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.”
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take flightflyabsquatulateskedaddleelopejailbreakescapingescapeabsconddodgeeludeexitdepartevadeevacuatevacate
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