Flee synonyms

flē

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escape
To break loose from confinement; get free:
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run away
To flee by running
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leave (related)
To let be or do without interference.
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depart
To vary, as from a regular course; deviate:
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evade
To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.
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free (related)
To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear:
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abscond
To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.
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elope
(Intransitive, dated) To run away from home (for any reason).
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emigrate (related)
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bolt
To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
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flight
The ability to fly:
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absquatulate
To die.
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disappear
To cease being; go out of existence, use, etc.; become lost or extinct
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fly
(Baseball) To hit a fly
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run
To cause to enter; to thrust.
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scarper
(UK, slang) To run away; to flee; to escape.
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retreat (related)
(Chess) To withdraw (a piece), as from a dangerous position
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scoot
To go or move quickly; hurry (off); dart
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scram
(Intransitive) To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown.
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stay (antonym)
(Intransitive) To dwell; linger; tarry; wait.
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stand (antonym)
To perform the duty of:
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wait (antonym)
To remain or stay in expectation of; await:
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meet (antonym)
Meet is defined as to come face to face with, be there when someone or something arrives, or to be introduced.
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face (antonym)
To acknowledge and accept or deal with:
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blow (or fly) the coop
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cut-and-run
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decamp
(Intransitive) To disappear suddenly and secretly.
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hightail
To go as fast as possible, especially in fleeing:
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elude
To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill.
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fugitate
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jump
To move or start prematurely before:
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lam
(Slang, former) To beat; hit; strike
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liberate
(Euphemistic) To steal or abscond with (something).
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scamper
To run or go quickly and lightly:
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skedaddle
To leave hastily; flee.
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skip
To leap, jump, or spring lightly; specif., to move along by hopping lightly on first one foot and then the other
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take-to-one-s-heels
(Idiomatic) To leave, especially to flee or run away.
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vanish
To pass out of sight, especially quickly; disappear.
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break out
To separate from a bundle
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get away
To start moving; to depart.
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To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation
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give-someone-the-slip
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make a getaway
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take-flight
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take it on the lam
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seek-refuge (related)
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invade (related)
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deport (related)
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exile (related)
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besiege (related)
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evacuate (related)
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banish (related)
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take-refuge (related)
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terrorise (related)
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vamoose
To leave hurriedly.
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terrorize (related)
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Flee Sentence Examples

  • Darian didn't flee, but suddenly, Jenn wanted to.

  • If someone was able to track her, she needed to flee, fast.

  • Take shelter under the cloud, while they flee to carts and sheds.

  • In alarm he wishes to flee, considering himself lost.

  • At that point, people flee the land looking for a better deal.

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