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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishflen, fromOld Englishflēon, fromProto-Germanic*fleuhaną, fromProto-Indo-European*plewk-,*plew-(“to fly, flow, run”).

Cognate withDutchvlieden,Germanfliehen,Icelandicflýja,Swedishfly,Gothic𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽(þliuhan). Within English, related tofly and more distantly toflow.

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Verb

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flee (third-person singular simple presentflees,present participlefleeing,simple past and past participlefledor(nonstandard)fleed)

  1. (intransitive) Torunaway; toescape.
    The prisoner tried toflee, but was caught by the guards.
    • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Proverbs28:1:
      The wickedflee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
    • 1922,Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
      As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and hefled away with a cameo note.
    • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson,Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page254:
      When, however, the plant spirits were not strong enough in themselves, then the family called in the Medicine Man. He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely toflee.
  2. (transitive) Toescape from.
    Many peoplefled the country as warloomed.
    Thousands of people moved northward trying toflee thedrought.
    • 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, inModern Railways, page220:
      The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed toflee the explosion.
  3. (intransitive) Todisappearquickly; tovanish.
    Ethereal productsflee once freely exposed to air.

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Translations

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to run away; to escape
to escape from
to disappear quickly
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Middle English

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Noun

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flee

  1. Alternative form offle

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishflye, fromOld Englishflȳġe,flēoge, fromProto-Germanic*fleugǭ. CompareEnglishfly,Dutchvlieg,GermanFliege.

Noun

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flee

  1. fly
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