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third-person singular simple present flees, present participle fleeing, simple past and past participle fled
(intransitive) To run away; to escape. quotations examples
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Proverbs 28:1
As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
When, however, the plant spirits were not strong enough in themselves, then the family called in the Medicine Man. He appeared, a "monster of so frightful mien", with noise making apparatus which produced such a terrifying din that even the hardiest demon was likely to flee.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 254
(transitive) To escape from. quotations examples
The Government, having lit the fuse, is not going to be allowed to flee the explosion.
1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220
(intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish. examples