Definition of "flee" in English

verb

1. (intransitive) To run away; to escape.

   • The prisoner tried to flee, but was caught by the guards.

2. (transitive) To escape from.

   • Many people fled the country as war loomed.
   • Thousands of people moved northward trying to flee the drought.

3. (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

   • Ethereal products flee once freely exposed to air.