flee
US: /ˈfɫi/
UK: /flˈiː/
UK: /flˈiː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
flee /flee/
- nội động từ fled
- chạy trốn, bỏ chạy; lẩn trốn
- biến mất; qua đi, trôi qua
- the night had fled: đêm đã trôi qua
- time is fleeing away: thời gian thấm thoát trôi qua
- ngoại động từ
- chạy trốn, vội vã rời bỏ
- trốn tránh, lẩn tránh
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
(fled, fled into ...) (written) to leave a person or place very quickly, especially because you are afraid of possible danger: [V] a camp for refugees fleeing from the war + He fled to London after an argument with his family. + She burst into tears and fled. + [VN] He was caught trying to flee the country. + The driver had already fled the scene of the accident.
Compare: FLY v. (12)
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 quit, run away or off, escape, get away, fly, take flight, bolt, go (away), decamp, abscond, seek safety, avoid, make off, make an exit, make (good) one's escape, make a (clean) getaway, beat a (hasty) retreat, take to one's heels, show a clean pair of heels, turn tail, make tracks, make a run for it, cut and run, vanish, disappear, Brit levant, Colloq take off, scoot, make oneself scarce, beat it, clear out, fly the coop, skedaddle, scram, Brit scarper, Australian and New Zealand shoot through, US and Canadian take a (run-out) powder, skip (town), cut out, hightail it, Old-fashioned skiddoo; Slang split, Brit bugger off, do a moonlight flit, do a bunk, US and Canadian vamoose, lam out, take it on the lam, blow, bail out:
He fled the town and was never seen again. When they saw what they had done, they fled. She fled to Brazil to avoid the tax authorities.
2 avoid, evade, shun, escape from, eschew:
She fled the responsibilities of caring for her children.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
abroad, across the border, into exile
Hundreds of refugees fled across the border to escape the fighting.
| north, south, etc. | in panic
VERB + FLEE
be forced to, have to
They were forced to flee the country.
| try to | manage to | turn
They turned and fled when they saw the gang of youths approaching them.
PREP.
from
She dropped the phone and fled from the office.
| into/to
They fled to Britain when the war started.
PHRASES
flee empty-handed
When the police arrived the burglars fled empty-handed.
| flee for your life
She had to flee for her life when soldiers attacked her village.
| flee in panic/terror
The children fled in terror as the hay caught fire.
| flee like the wind
When danger threatens, collect your possessions and flee like the wind.
| flee to safety
The family managed to flee to safety.
Concise English dictionary
fled|flees|fleed|fleeingflɪː
verb
+run away quickly
