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  • 21flee */*/ — UK [fliː] / US [flɪ] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms flee : present tense I/you/we/they flee he/she/it flees present participle fleeing past tense fled UK [fled] / US past participle fled a) to escape from a dangerous situation or place …

    English dictionary

  • 22flee past tense and past participle fled — verb (I, T) to leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger: When they saw the police car, his attackers turned and fled. | flee the country/city: We were forced to flee the country. (+ from/to/into): The Dalai Lama fled to India… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23flee — [c]/fli / (say flee) verb (fled, fleeing) –verb (i) 1. to run away, as from danger, pursuers, etc.; take flight. 2. to move swiftly; fly; speed. –verb (t) 3. to run away from (a place, person, etc.). {Middle English flee(n), Old English flēon} …

  • 24flee — verb (fled; fleeing) Etymology: Middle English flen, from Old English flēon; akin to Old High German fliohan to flee Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. a. to run away often from danger or evil ; fly b. to hurry toward a place of… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25flee — [OE] Flee, like its close relatives German fliehe, Dutch vlieden, and Swedish and Danish fly, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *thleukhan, a word of unknown origin. In Old English, flee and fly had the same past tense and past participle (and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 26flee — v. a. == escape from. RG. 367 v. n. == flee away. RG. 380, 501; 3 pl. pret. ‘flodeden,’ == fled. Alys. 2441; part. ‘flen,’ == made to flee. RG. 258 …

    Oldest English Words

  • 27flee — [OE] Flee, like its close relatives German fliehe, Dutch vlieden, and Swedish and Danish fly, comes from a prehistoric Germanic *thleukhan, a word of unknown origin. In Old English, flee and fly had the same past tense and past participle (and… …

    Word origins

  • 28flee — [[t]fli[/t]] v. fled, flee•ing 1) to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight 2) to move or pass swiftly; fly; speed 3) to run away from • Etymology: bef. 900; ME; OE flēon; c. OS fliohan, OHG flichan …

    From formal English to slang

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