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present tense third-person singular of flee
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1
to cease to be visible
- the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn
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2
to get free from a dangerous or confining situation
- a murderer who fled on foot
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3
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
- a toddler who fled when the ladybug he had been quietly watching suddenly began flying around the room
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- absconds,
- clears out,
- decamps,
- elopes,
- escapes,
- gets (away),
- gets out,
- lams,
- lights out,
- makes off,
- mizzles
- [chiefly British],
- scarpers
- [British],
- scats,
- scrams,
- skips (out),
- skirrs
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