flee

Meaning

Verb

To run away; to escape.
To escape from.
To disappear quickly; to vanish.

Origin

From Old English flēon, from Proto-Germanic *fleuhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewk-, *plew-.
Cognate with Dutch vlieden, German fliehen, Icelandic flýja, Swedish fly, Gothic 𐌸𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽. Within English, related to fly and more distantly to flow.

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