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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

flee

/fli/

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What does flee mean?

verb

  1. To run away; to escape.
  2. To escape from.
  3. To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.

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IPA pronunciation

/fli/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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It broke upon her at length as a great pain that her last old disciple was about to forsake her and flee.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
The Duke was obliged to flee before the French soldiers, who forced their way into the town and took possession of it.
Amy SteedmanKnights of Art: Stories of the Italian PaintersProject Gutenberg ebook #529
More book examples (3)
He almost had run the gamut, and she really appeared as if she intended to flee rather than to come to him.
Gene Stratton-PorterThe Song of the CardinalProject Gutenberg ebook #533
And the culvers be so taught, that they flee with those letters to the very place that men would send them to.
John, Sir MandevilleThe Travels of Sir John MandevilleProject Gutenberg ebook #782
As soon as they are liberated, the Mason-bees flee as though scared, some in one direction, some in exactly the opposite direction.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Mason-BeesTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #2884