What is flee slang?
What is flee slang?
verb run away, leave, escape, bolt, fly, avoid, split (slang), take off (informal), get away, vanish, depart, run off, shun, make off, abscond, decamp, take flight, hook it (slang), do a runner (slang), scarper (Brit.
What is the synonym of Flee?
run, run away, run off, make a run for it, run for it, take flight, be gone, make off, take off, take to one’s heels, make a break for it, bolt, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat, make a quick exit, make one’s getaway, escape, absent oneself, make oneself scarce, abscond, head for the hills, do a disappearing act.
How do you use flee?
He was accused of trying to flee the scene of the accident. Many people fled the city to escape the fighting. He was forced to flee the country.
Does flee mean leave?
To flee is to run away or escape from a dangerous or otherwise negative situation. Much less commonly, flee can be used to mean to move at a fast pace. The past tense of flee is fled. Example: He was forced to flee his home as a result of the impending battle.
What is the past form of Flee?
flee Definitions and Synonyms
present tense | |
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he/she/it | flees |
present participle | fleeing |
past tense | fled |
past participle | fled |
What is difference between flee and escape?
“escape” is generally used when you can’t freely decide to (or shouldn’t) leave a place, or you are trapped. For example: “He escaped prison”. “The mouse escaped from the trap.” “flee” is used when you decided to leave a place, and that’s why it is sometimes used to refer to cowards.
What is the opposite of Flee?
Opposite of to flee or run away. persevere.
What is the opposite word of fled?
Near Antonyms for fled. abided. (also abode), dwelled.
What part of speech is flee?
flee
part of speech: | intransitive verb |
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inflections: | flees, fleeing, fled |
What is the perfect tense of Flee?
Perfect tenses
present perfect | |
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I | have fled |
you | have fled |
he, she, it | has fled |
we | have fled |
What is the word for away from people?
Some common synonyms of escape are avoid, elude, eschew, evade, and shun.
What is a word for no escape?
n avoidance, circumvention, elusion, evasion.
When people escape their country?
emigrant. someone who leaves their country in order to live in another country.
What is another word for running away?
In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for run away, like: leave, escape, head-for-the-hills, scarper, steal-away, fly-the-coop, turn-tail, depart, hightail-it, take to the woods and retreat.
What is the word for fleeing a country?
A refugee is someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.