flee

About 3.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To run away; to escape.

   The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.

2. verb To escape from.

   Many people fled the country as war loomed.

3. verb To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

   Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.

Similar words

take flight fly absquatulate skedaddle elope jailbreak escaping escape abscond dodge

Often followed by

from to the for away in into and before

Word family

fled fleeing flees