flee

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flee from (someone or something)

To run away from or escape someone or something. The thieves fled from the security guard but were caught by officers arriving on the scene. Shrieking, we fled from the swarm of bees.
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flee to (something)

To run to some place or thing as a means of escape. We fled to the shelter of the cave when the downpour started.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flee from someone or something

to run away from someone or something. The robber fled from the scene of the crime. The children fled from the wrath of the old man.
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flee to something

to escape to something or some place. We fled to our little place on the coast. They never found us. The little mouse fled to its hole in the wall when the cat came around.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • fled
  • flee from
  • flee from (someone or something)
  • footed
  • be caught flat-footed
  • flat-footed, to be caught/catch
  • finger (one) as (someone)
  • finger as
  • finger someone as someone
  • make away with (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
First and foremost, it is morally unacceptable for a male to flee a confrontation with another male.
The cornelian ethics of flight and the case of Horace
Harry and Flee, who are distant cousins, got together after he finally split from on-off girlfriend Chelsy Davy in May.
FLIRTY HARRY
Generally, the majority of the fugitives who flee from U.S.
Article IV prosecutions
The police said they found an instrument used to break open door locks in a coat discarded by the injured man as he attempted to flee.
Chinese-speaking man injured after being shot by police
But he had to flee again when mortar shells started landing there.
No place to go: Burmese refugees can't find a home
The rich may migrate; the poor flee for their lives.
Wandering souls & disappearing forests
Manager of Ramzan Sugar Mills and front man of Sharif family Mohammad Mushtaq Cheeni has been arrested at Lahore Airport in an attempt to flee to Dubai from Lahore.
Front man of Sharif family Mushtaq Cheeni arrested at Lahore airport
Nobody can force me flee,' was how Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi reacted to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's comment that if BJP comes to power in the Telangana, Owaisi will have to flee.
Nobody can force me flee India, Owaisi tells Adityanath
Meanwhile, Attock police claimed to have arrested an under-trial prisoner who managed to flee from district courts complex last Saturday.
Another child sexually assaulted
The encounter took place near Saeedabad Mobile Market when gunmen riding a motorbike tried to flee after looting a mobile shop.
Suspected robber killed in 'encounter'
In the Southeastern province of Tanganyika, clashes between Bantus and Pygmies have also forced thousands to flee, as has the long-running violence in the Kivu region, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council, an NGO.
UN: 3.8 Million Displaced by DR Congo Violence
"When journalists flee, their absence often weakens the besieged media community already struggling to provide insightful reporting about sensitive issues." Most of the journalists from Eritrea and Ethiopia fled in fear of imprisonment, according to the report.
CPJ: East Africa records high exodus rates of journalists
Villagers flee Grammatiko, 25miles from Athens Evacuation...
Terror as fires rage in Greece
Summary: The "radical preacher" once described as Osama bin Laden's "ambassador to Europe" plans to flee his legal troubles in the United Kingdom and head for Lebanon, British press reports say.
Bin Laden ally 'planned to head for Lebanon'
The United Nations yesterday called on Tamil Tiger rebels to let tens of thousands of civilians flee an area in Sri Lanka that has been battered by heavy fighting.
Call for Tamil Tigers to let civilians go