- 1
To run away; to escape.intransitive
- The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.
- 2
To escape from.transitive
- Many people fled the country as war loomed.
- Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.
- 3
To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.intransitive
- Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.
syn. abscond · absquatulate · amscray · beat a retreat · beat it · beat feet · blow this popsicle stand · bolt · book it · dine and dash · do a bunk · do a flit