flee

Significat (Anglès)

1. To run away; to escape.
2. To escape from.
3. To disappear quickly; to vanish.

Sinònims

run away

escape

run

fly

✈️

take flight

abscond

get away

leave

retreat

disappear

avoid

take to one’s heels

slip away

run off

hurry

evade

elude

desert

🏜️

vanish

fly the coop

go away

hasten

lam

shun

skedaddle

run fast

bolt

break away

sneak away

take to flight

hide

jump

stampede

be routed

break loose

go rapidly

skip

depart

move swiftly

cut and run

run away from

leak

break

make off

bow

🙇

bound

run along

bend

rush

scamper

scarper

scurry

scuttle

set off

shake

shake off

run away to hide

to run away

slip

beat it

spring

sprint

start

submit

terrified

slope off

turn away

beat a retreat

wear off

withdraw

be ruined

escape from

get loose

hide oneself

run about

show a clean pair of heels

beat a hasty retreat

take shelter

banish

fear

😨

run quickly

leap away

leap suddenly

come away

decamp

clear out

clear off

drive off

drive away

clear away

buzz off

bustle

exiled

fleet

flush

bunk

fly away

seek asylum

get a move on

getaway

squeak by

squeak through

hightail it

hurtle

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/fliː/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: flen

Heretat de anglès antic: flēon

Cognat amb neerlandès: vlieden

Cognat amb alemany: fliehen

Cognat amb islandès: flýja

Cognat amb suec: fly

Cognat amb gòtic: 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽

In summary

From Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).
Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.

Frases

She refused to flee , declaring that she would never again go into exile .

It didn't even occur to the boy to flee .