flee

//fliː//
B2Frequency Level 8Neutral
Visual representation of flee

Verb

fleeInfinitive
fleePresent tense
fledPast tense
fledPast participle
fleeingPresent participle
fleesThird-person singular
1

to run away from a place or situation of danger or threat

Many people fled the country during the war.

2

to leave a place very quickly in order to escape from something

People fled the building when the fire alarm went off.

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