Thesaurus / flee
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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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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 POSTOthers 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 POSTOn 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 POSTOthers 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 POSTIn 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 POSTIn 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, 2021TIMEJack 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, 2021QUARTZThe 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, 2021TIMEOnce 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, 2021TIMELawmakers 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, 2021TIMEWORDS RELATED TO FLEE
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- cold-shoulder
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fake out
- fend off
- flee
- give the slip
- hide
- hold off
- jump
- keep clear
- lay low
- obviate
- recoil
- run for cover
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shirk
- shrink from
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- turn aside
- ward off
- weave
- withdraw
- abscond
- bail out
- bound
- cop out
- cut loose
- cut out
- dart
- dash
- ditch
- drop out
- dump
- escape
- flee
- fly
- hightail
- hotfoot
- hurtle
- jump
- kiss goodbye
- leap
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- leave holding the bag
- leave in the lurch
- make a break for it
- make off
- make tracks
- opt out
- run like scared rabbit
- run out on
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- skedaddle
- skip
- split
- spring
- sprint
- start
- startle
- step on it
- take flight
- take off
- walk out on
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.