flee
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++flee /fliː/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle fled /fled/) [intransitive, transitive] written ESCAPEto leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger 逃离，逃走 His attackers turned and fled. 袭击他的人转身逃走了。 Masaari spent six months in prison before fleeing the country. 正有蹲了六个月监狱，然后逃出了该国。flee to/from/into Many German artists fled to America at the beginning of World War II. 第二次世界大战初期，许多德国艺术家逃到了美国。► see thesaurus at escape→ See Verb table
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flee• When police arrived, the two men fled.• When they saw the police car, his attackers turned and fled.• He gathered what money he had just in case Gallagher was forced to flee.• Most of the women there were Somalis fleeing from the civil war.• The temblor sent thousands of office workers in Seattle fleeing into the streets.• Rollins tried to flee the country but was stopped at the airport.• Up to five million political refugees have fled to other countries.• Episcopal persecution, however, drove them to flee to the relative anonymity of London at the end of the 1620s.flee to/from/into• They flee to a speech therapist.• He has since fled to another city.• Tinbergen suggested that the zigzag display results from the conflict felt by the male between attacking the female and fleeing from her.• I fled to Jodhpur in a taxi.• He fled to the peg and grabbed his jacket and was putting it on when she got up and came toward him.• Sigua was reported to have fled to the rebel headquarters in a Komsomol summer camp outside Tbilisi to avoid arrest.• I wash my hands quickly and flee from the restroom.Origin flee Old English fleanflee verbChinese
quickly, Corpus in order to somewhere to very leave
flee
flee /fliː/
verb (past tense and past participle fled /fled/) [intransitive and transitive] written
His attackers turned and fled.
Masaari spent six months in prison before fleeing the country.
flee to/from/into
Many German artists fled to America at the beginning of World War II.
▪ escape to leave a place when someone is trying to catch you or stop you, or when there is a dangerous situation: The thief escaped through an upstairs window. | She managed to escape from her attacker and call the police.
▪get away to escape from someone who is chasing you, especially when there is no chance that you will be caught. Get away is more informal than escape: The robbers got away but left plenty of clues at the scene. | Don’t let him get away!
▪break free/break away to escape from someone who is holding you: She broke free and started running.
▪flee written to leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger: Many people were forced to flee the country. | The two men fled before police arrived.
▪get out to escape from a building or room: I was locked in the room and couldn’t get out.
▪break out to escape from prison: The jail is so secure that no one has ever broken out of it.
▪abscond formal to escape from a prison or institution where you are supposed to stay: Three prisoners who absconded have still not been found. | He absconded from a psychiatric hospital.
flee /fliː/
verb (past tense and past participle fled /fled/) [intransitive and transitive] written Language: Old English
Origin: flean
to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger:Origin: flean
flee to/from/into
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