flee

Oznaczający

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

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/fliː/

Etymologia

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.

Zdania

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