English verb: flee | |||
1. | flee (motion) run away quickly | ||
Samples | He threw down his gun and fled. | ||
Synonyms | fly, take flight | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abscond, absquatulate, bolt, break, break loose, decamp, defect, desert, elope, escape, get away, go off, high-tail, make off, run off, run off, stampede | ||