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To flee is defined as to run away from someone or something to get away from something unpleasant.

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When you run away from a ghost, this is an example of a situation where you flee.

See flee in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb fled, fleeing

to run away or escape from danger, pursuit, unpleasantness, etc.
to pass away swiftly; vanish: night had fled
to move rapidly; go swiftly

Origin: ME fleen < OE fleon: see flow

transitive verb

to run away or try to escape from; avoid; shun

Related Forms:

fleer noun

See flee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb fled fled (flĕd), flee·ing, flees

verb, intransitive

To run away, as from trouble or danger: fled from the house into the night.
To pass swiftly away; vanish: “of time fleeing beneath him” (William Faulkner).

verb, transitive

To run away from: flee the scene of an accident.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English flen

Origin: , from Old English flēon; see pleu- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

fleˈer noun

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