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synonyms for flee

  • depart
  • desert
  • fly
  • get
  • jump
  • leave
  • retreat
  • take off
  • vanish
  • abscond
  • avoid
  • blow
  • bolt
  • break
  • decamp
  • elude
  • evade
  • hotfoot
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scram
  • skedaddle
  • skip
  • split
  • vamoose
  • beat a hasty retreat
  • cut and run
  • cut out
  • fly the coop
  • get away
  • get the hell out
  • make a getaway
  • make off
  • make one's escape
  • make oneself scarce
  • make quick exit
  • make tracks
  • step on it
  • step on the gas
  • take a hike
  • take flight
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antonyms for flee

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  • arrive
  • come
  • continue
  • face
  • stay
  • dawdle
  • join
  • meet
  • take on
  • wait
  • stand
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How to use flee in a sentence

Thousands of Rum families fled Turkey in the aftermath, and the Rum populace that remained — and the city itself — were never the same again.
‘A RECIPE FOR DAPHNE’ IS A DELICIOUS DEBUTVANESSA LARSONFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Others watched on TV and frantically tried to reach our bosses and colleagues as they fled for their lives.
OCASIO-CORTEZ, OTHER DEMOCRATS RECOUNT ON HOUSE FLOOR WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED DURING CAPITOL SIEGEAMY B WANG, COLBY ITKOWITZFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST
On Saturday, Green opened fire at Baltimore police officers at a grocery store in northern Baltimore before fleeing, Harrison said.
U.S. MARSHAL SHOT, HOSPITALIZED IN BALTIMORE; SUSPECT FATALLY SHOTJUSTIN WM. MOYER, EMILY DAVIESFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Others watched on TV and frantically tried to reach bosses and colleagues as they fled for their lives.
HOUSE TO VOTE ON REMOVING GOP’S MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE FROM HER COMMITTEESFELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNER, COLBY ITKOWITZFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
In reality, the frantic effort is clearly meant to compensate for voters fleeing the party.
SHRINKING THE GOP, ONE STATE AT A TIMEJENNIFER RUBINFEBRUARY 2, 2021WASHINGTON POST
In 1968, she and her family were forced to flee to Israel when the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia, eventually making their way to Canada.
HOW ONE WRITER UNCOVERED THE LOST HISTORIES OF 999 WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO WERE SENT TO AUSCHWITZSUYIN HAYNESJANUARY 27, 2021TIME
Jack Ma would like you to know he has not disappeared, and a new immigration law could make it harder for Hong Kongers to flee.
FOR QUARTZ MEMBERS—TWITCH: AMAZON’S GAMING EMPIREKIRA BINDRIMJANUARY 21, 2021QUARTZ
The night after Ben Ali fled, I called students from Sana’a University, and we published the first statement of the revolution.
SHE HELPED LAUNCH YEMEN'S REVOLUTION. 10 YEARS ON, TAWAKKOL KARMAN STILL BELIEVES CHANGE IS POSSIBLEJOSEPH HINCKSJANUARY 15, 2021TIME
Once there, some broke through the security lines, overwhelmed the police and forced lawmakers to flee.
THIS TIME, IMPEACHMENT SEEMS TO BE A NO-BRAINER FOR DEMOCRATSPHILIP ELLIOTTJANUARY 12, 2021TIME
Lawmakers and staff at first locked themselves in the House and Senate chambers, then fled.
THE BREACH OF THE CAPITOL SPOOKED US — AS IT SHOULD HAVEPHILIP ELLIOTTJANUARY 7, 2021TIME
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