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flee

flee [ flee ] (past and past participle fled [ fled ], present participle flee·ing, 3rd person present singular flees)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. transitive and intransitive verb run away: to run away from something
fled the burning building

2. intransitive verb disappear quickly: to pass or disappear quickly ( literary )

[ Old English flēon< Indo-European]

fle·er noun

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See flea.

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