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Definition of flee : To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; - usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.

Synonyms:

bolt, break out, fell, give someone the slip, lam, cut and run, take flight, absquatulate, run away, pilot, escape, free, make a getaway, wing, get away, take it on the lam, vaporize, aviate, abscond

embark, leave, abandon, withdraw, go, depart, decamp, quit, exit, part

recede, backslide, retreat, regress

evaporate, hide, disappear, vanish, fly, evanesce, dissolve, sink, fade, melt

Usage examples:

• Nevertheless, four of the commissioners of the customs seized the occasion to flee to the Romney, and to request of the governor protection in the Castle, declaring that they dared not return. - "The Siege of Boston", Allen French.
• Flee, flee from this place! - "Folk-Tales of Bengal", Lal Behari Day.
• That is the reason why I have come up to you, for you must flee this very hour. - "Andreas Hofer", Lousia Muhlbach.