Flee synonyms

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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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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depart

To vary, as from a regular course; deviate:

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abscond

To leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution.

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free (related)

Free means to release or let go.

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emigrate (related)

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decamp

(Intransitive) To disappear suddenly and secretly.

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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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disappear

To cease being; go out of existence, use, etc.; become lost or extinct

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elope

(Intransitive, dated) To run away from home (for any reason).

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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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scram

(Intransitive) To abruptly insert the control rods of a nuclear reactor, usually in case of emergency shutdown.

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hightail

To go as fast as possible, especially in fleeing:

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retreat (related)

(Chess) To withdraw (a piece), as from a dangerous position

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absquatulate

To die.

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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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scoot

To go or move quickly; hurry (off); dart

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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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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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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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blow (or fly) the coop

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cut-and-run

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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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