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FLEE
flee, fly, take flight
(verb) run away quickly; āHe threw down his gun and fledā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
flee (third-person singular simple present flees, present participle fleeing, simple past and past participle fled)
(intransitive) To run away; to escape.
(transitive) To escape from.
(intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish.
Anagrams
• elfe, feel, fele, leef
Source: Wiktionary
Flee, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeing.] Etym: [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fleĆ³n (imperf. fleĆ”h); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl (imperf. fl), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. pliuhan. (Flight.]
Definition: To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive. [He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. Shak. Flee fornication. 1 Cor. vi. 18. So fled his enemies my warlike father. Shak.
Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost speed. "Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands" Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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