"flee" meaning in English

See flee in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /fliː/ Audio: en-us-flee.ogg [US] Forms: flee [canonical], flees [third-person, singular], fled [past], fled [past, participle], fleeing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb2|flee|flees|fled|fled|fleeing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you flee, you run away or escape.
    Sense id: simple-flee-en-verb-ZcoSAkxA Categories (other): Verbs
  2. If you flee a place, you escape from it.
    Sense id: simple-flee-en-verb-clUfruk2
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