Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flee
Participle: fled
Gerund: fleeing
Indicative
Present
| I | flee |
| you | flee |
| he;she;it | flees |
| we | flee |
| you | flee |
| they | flee |
Perfect
| I | have fled |
| you | have fled |
| he;she;it | has fled |
| we | have fled |
| you | have fled |
| they | have fled |
Past
| I | fled |
| you | fled |
| he;she;it | fled |
| we | fled |
| you | fled |
| they | fled |
Pluperfect
| I | had fled |
| you | had fled |
| he;she;it | had fled |
| we | had fled |
| you | had fled |
| they | had fled |
Future
| I | will flee |
| you | will flee |
| he;she;it | will flee |
| we | will flee |
| you | will flee |
| they | will flee |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fled |
| you | will have fled |
| he;she;it | will have fled |
| we | will have fled |
| you | will have fled |
| they | will have fled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flee |
| you | flee |
| he;she;it | flee |
| we | flee |
| you | flee |
| they | flee |
Perfect
| I | have fled |
| you | have fled |
| he;she;it | have fled |
| we | have fled |
| you | have fled |
| they | have fled |
Imperfect
| I | fled |
| you | fled |
| he;she;it | fled |
| we | fled |
| you | fled |
| they | fled |
Pluperfect
| I | had fled |
| you | had fled |
| he;she;it | had fled |
| we | had fled |
| you | had fled |
| they | had fled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flee |
| you | would flee |
| he;she;it | would flee |
| we | would flee |
| you | would flee |
| they | would flee |
Perfect
| I | would have fled |
| you | would have fled |
| he;she;it | would have fled |
| we | would have fled |
| you | would have fled |
| they | would have fled |
Imperative
| you | flee |
| we | Let's flee |
| you | flee |
Verbs similar to 'flee'
fee,
flea,
fleer,
fleet,
fleme,
flete,
flex,
fley,
free,
glee,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- make one's escape
- jump
- flee
- fly
- move or run away quickly
- skedaddle, move quickly, rush
- to move at full speed in retreat; to escape
- absquatulate, amscray, beat a retreat, beat feet, beat it, blow this popsicle stand, bolt, book it, do a bunk, fly the coop, get lost, get out, gnash, head for the hills, hightail, hightail it, hit the road, jump, kick rocks, leg it, make a break for it, make a run for it, make tracks, namous, peg it, rabbit, run a mile, run away, run for the hills, run off, scamper, scarper, scat, scram, shemozzle, skedaddle, take a powder, take flight, take off, take to one's heels, take to the hills, tear off, turn tail, vamoose
Additional Information
Cf. Old English flēon. Check also flēogan (fly).
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
fleon "take flight" (contracted class II strong verb; past tense
fleah, pp.
flogen), from P.Gmc.
*thleukhanan (cf. O.H.G.
fliohan, O.N.
flöja, Du.
vlieden, Ger.
fliehen, Goth.
þliuhan "to flee"), of unknown origin. Not found outside Gmc. Weak pt./pp.
fled emerged M.E., under influence of Scand. O.E. had a trans. form,
geflieman "put to flight," which came in handy in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
2. From Middle English flen, from Old English flēon, from Proto-West Germanic *fleuhan, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).
3. Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þliuhan). Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow. See: Proto-Germanic '
*fleuhaną', Dutch '
vlieden', German, old spelling '
fliehen', Icelandic '
flýja', Swedish '
fly'.
Verbs referencing "flee"
Danish
fly, German, old spelling
fliehen, Alemannic German
flie.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and musical clatter of cups and saucers, and all mingled in a delightful dream of rest; and Eliza slept, as she had not slept before, since the fearful midnight hour when she had taken her child and fled through the frosty starlight.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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My Boston friend climbed up to bed, somewhere in the roof, where another guest was already snoring hugely. But being bitten beyond his power of endurance, he turned out again, and fled for shelter to the coach, which was airing itself in front of the house. This was not a very politic step, as it turned out; for the pigs scenting him, and looking upon the coach as a kind of pie [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of his attempting to take possession of seven barrels of whiskey, the property of M‘Kane, which had been knocked off to M‘Allister at a sheriff 's sale at one dollar per barrel. M‘Kane immediately fled and at the latest dates had not been taken.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] place on the lake, and did it capitally, too. I lost him the first cholera season. In fact, he laid down his life for me. For I was sick, almost to death; and when, through the panic, everybody else fled, Scipio worked for me like a giant, and actually brought me back into life again. But, poor fellow ! he was taken, right after, and there was no saving him. I never felt anybody's loss more. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] buy, sell, ask and answer questions,—pursue, in short, a thousand shadows, though all interest in them be over; the cold mechanical habit of living remaining, after all vital interest in it has fled.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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All fled in different directions, except Sambo, who, presuming on the favor which the keeper had to him as a licensed wag, stood his ground, ducking his head with a facetious grin, whenever the master made a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] and more brutal than ever. And, one night, when his mother, in the last agony of her despair, knelt at his feet, he spurned her from him,—threw her senseless on the floor, and, with brutal curses, fled to his ship. The next Legree heard of his mother was, when, one night, as he was carousing among drunken companions, a letter was put into his hand. He opened it, and a lock of long, curling hair [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The disguises the party had assumed were in accordance with the hints of Tom Loker. Mrs. Smyth, a respectable woman from the settlement in Canada, whither they were fleeing, being fortunately about crossing the lake to return thither, had consented to appear as the aunt of little Harry; and, in order to attach him to her, he had been allowed to remain, the two last [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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But Cassy laughed wildly, and fled on. He heard her open the entry doors that led to the garret. A wild gust of wind swept down, extinguishing the candle he held in his hand, and with it the fearful, unearthly screams; they seemed to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Legree fled frantically into the parlor, whither, in a few moments, he was followed by Cassy, pale, calm, cold as an avenging spirit, and with that same fearful light in her eye.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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- Please, fast - 1 minute Anna, look over there Hey! Jana After Linga died His son came and fled for his life
(Magudam)
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♪ Shall I launch... launch the fight? ♪ ♪ The jeering foes flee A defeated force finally ♪
(Magudam)