What is another word for flee?
Pronunciation:
[ flˈiː], [ flˈiː], [ f_l_ˈiː]
Related words: fleece jacket, wool jacket, down jacket, winter jacket, winter coats
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Synonyms for Flee:
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v.
• abscond- cut run ,
- cuts and run ,
- cuts run ,
- cutting and run ,
- cutting run ,
- dogged it ,
- dogging it ,
- dogs it ,
- ducked out ,
- ducking out ,
- ducks out ,
- flew coop ,
- flies coop ,
- flies the coop ,
- fly coop ,
- flying coop ,
- flying the coop ,
- goes awol ,
- goes south ,
- going AWOL ,
- going south ,
- made a break ,
- made break ,
- made scarce ,
- make break ,
- makes a break ,
- makes break ,
- makes scarce ,
- making a break ,
- making break ,
- making scarce ,
- skipped out ,
- skipping out ,
- skips out ,
- sneaked away ,
- sneaking away ,
- sneaks away ,
- snuck away ,
- stealing away ,
- steals away ,
- stole away ,
- went awol ,
- went south .
- by pass ,
- by passed ,
- by passes ,
- by passing ,
- circumlocuted ,
- circumlocutes ,
- circumlocuting ,
- fakes out ,
- faking out ,
- fended off ,
- gave slip ,
- gave the slip ,
- give slip ,
- gives slip ,
- gives the slip ,
- giving slip ,
- giving the slip ,
- holds off ,
- keeping clear ,
- keeps clear ,
- kept clear ,
- laying low ,
- lays low ,
- ran for cover ,
- re coil ,
- re coiled ,
- re coiling ,
- re coils ,
- re-coil ,
- re-coiled ,
- re-coiling ,
- re-coils ,
- running for cover ,
- runs for cover ,
- shake bake ,
- shakes and bake ,
- shakes bake ,
- shaking and bake ,
- shaking bake ,
- shook and bake ,
- shook bake ,
- shrank from ,
- shrinking from ,
- shrinks from ,
- shrunk from ,
- shuffled off ,
- shuffles off ,
- shuffling off ,
- skipped out on ,
- skipping out on ,
- skipping town ,
- skips out on ,
- skips town ,
- staid away ,
- staid out ,
- stayed away ,
- stayed out ,
- staying away ,
- staying out ,
- stays away ,
- stays out ,
- steered clear of ,
- steers clear of ,
- stepping aside ,
- steps aside ,
- turns aside ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-draws ,
- with-drew .
- kissed goodbye ,
- kisses goodbye ,
- kissing goodbye ,
- leave high dry ,
- leave holding bag ,
- leave lurch ,
- leave the lurch ,
- leaved flat ,
- leaved high and dry ,
- leaved high dry ,
- leaved holding bag ,
- leaved holding the bag ,
- leaves flat ,
- leaves high and dry ,
- leaves high dry ,
- leaves holding bag ,
- leaves holding the bag ,
- leaving flat ,
- leaving high and dry ,
- leaving high dry ,
- leaving holding bag ,
- leaving holding the bag ,
- left flat ,
- left high and dry ,
- left high dry ,
- left holding bag ,
- left holding the bag ,
- made a break for it ,
- made break for it ,
- made tracks ,
- make break for it ,
- makes a break for it ,
- makes break for it ,
- makes tracks ,
- making a break for it ,
- making break for it ,
- making tracks ,
- ran like scared rabbit ,
- ran out on ,
- running like scared rabbit ,
- runs like scared rabbit ,
- runs out on ,
- stepped it ,
- stepped on it ,
- stepping it ,
- stepping on it ,
- steps it ,
- steps on it ,
- takes flight .
- brake loose ,
- breaking loose ,
- breaks loose ,
- broke loose ,
- bursted out ,
- de part ,
- de parted ,
- de parting ,
- de parts ,
- de-part ,
- de-parted ,
- de-parting ,
- de-parts ,
- gat free ,
- gets free ,
- getting free ,
- got free ,
- gotten free .
- de camp ,
- de camped ,
- de camping ,
- de camps ,
- de-camp ,
- de-camped ,
- de-camping ,
- de-camps ,
- head for hills ,
- headed for hills ,
- headed for the hills ,
- heading for hills ,
- heading for the hills ,
- heads for hills ,
- heads for the hills ,
- hit road ,
- made oneself scarce ,
- makes oneself scarce ,
- making oneself scarce ,
- slipped away ,
- slips away ,
- slipt away .
- Re sign ,
- be ached ,
- be aching ,
- be tray ,
- be trays ,
- be-ached ,
- be-aching ,
- be-tray ,
- be-trays ,
- crawled out ,
- crawling out ,
- crawls out ,
- de sert ,
- de-sert ,
- go over hill ,
- goes over hill ,
- goes over the hill ,
- goes west ,
- going over hill ,
- going over the hill ,
- going west ,
- leaved stranded ,
- leaves stranded ,
- leaving stranded ,
- played truant ,
- playing truant ,
- plays truant ,
- re signed ,
- re signing ,
- re signs ,
- re-sign ,
- re-signed ,
- re-signing ,
- re-signs ,
- sneaked off ,
- sneaking off ,
- sneaks off ,
- snuck off ,
- take hike ,
- takes a hike ,
- takes hike ,
- taking a hike ,
- taking hike ,
- took a hike ,
- took hike ,
- violated oath ,
- violates oath ,
- violating oath ,
- went over hill ,
- went over the hill ,
- went west .
- go gretna green ,
- goes gretna green ,
- goes secretly ,
- goes to gretna green ,
- going gretna green ,
- going secretly ,
- going to gretna green ,
- slipped out ,
- slipping out ,
- slips out ,
- slipt out ,
- went gretna green ,
- went secretly ,
- went to gretna green .
- am beyond someone ,
- are beyond someone ,
- art beyond someone ,
- beating around bush ,
- beats around bush ,
- beats around the bush ,
- being beyond someone ,
- gat around ,
- gat away from ,
- gave runaround ,
- gave the runaround ,
- gave wide berth to ,
- gets around ,
- give runaround ,
- gives runaround ,
- gives the runaround ,
- gives wide berth to ,
- giving runaround ,
- giving the runaround ,
- giving wide berth to ,
- got around ,
- gotten around ,
- gotten away from ,
- hem haw ,
- is beyond someone ,
- not touched ,
- not touches ,
- out run ,
- out running ,
- out runs ,
- out wits ,
- out witted ,
- out witting ,
- out-run ,
- out-running ,
- out-runs ,
- out-wit ,
- out-wits ,
- out-witted ,
- out-witting ,
- pass buck ,
- passes up ,
- passing up ,
- ran around ,
- running around ,
- runs around ,
- staid shy of ,
- stayed shy of ,
- staying shy of ,
- stays shy of ,
- was beyond someone ,
- wast beyond someone ,
- were beyond someone ,
- wert beyond someone .
- beg question ,
- begged question ,
- begged the question ,
- begging question ,
- begs question ,
- begs the question ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- keeping distance ,
- keeps distance ,
- kept distance ,
- lead a merry chase ,
- lead merry chase ,
- lead on merry chase ,
- leading a merry chase ,
- leading merry chase ,
- leading on a merry chase ,
- leading on merry chase ,
- leads a merry chase ,
- leads merry chase ,
- leads on a merry chase ,
- leads on merry chase ,
- led a merry chase ,
- led merry chase ,
- led on a merry chase ,
- led on merry chase ,
- pre tend ,
- pre tending ,
- pre tends ,
- pre-tended ,
- pre-tending ,
- pre-tends .
- go like wind ,
- goes like the wind ,
- goes like wind ,
- going like the wind ,
- going like wind ,
- running its course ,
- runs its course ,
- went like the wind ,
- went like wind .
- am off ,
- be-gone ,
- being off ,
- buzzed off ,
- buzzes off ,
- buzzing off ,
- extricated oneself ,
- extricates oneself ,
- extricating oneself ,
- freed oneself ,
- freeing oneself ,
- frees oneself ,
- is off ,
- was off ,
- wast off ,
- were off ,
- wert off .
- bugging out ,
- bugs out ,
- gat going ,
- gat lost ,
- gets going ,
- gets lost ,
- getting lost ,
- got lost ,
- gotten going ,
- gotten lost ,
- lit out ,
- made one way ,
- made one's way ,
- made ones way ,
- made way ,
- make one way ,
- make ones way ,
- makes for ,
- makes one way ,
- makes one's way ,
- makes ones way ,
- makes way ,
- making one way ,
- making one's way ,
- making ones way ,
- moves out ,
- moving out ,
- pushing on ,
- ran along ,
- re pair ,
- re paired ,
- re pairing ,
- re pairs ,
- re-pair ,
- re-paired ,
- re-pairing ,
- re-pairs ,
- running along ,
- runs along ,
- sets off ,
- takes leave ,
- took leave .
- dis patch ,
- dis patched ,
- dis patches ,
- dis patching ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patched ,
- dis-patches ,
- dis-patching ,
- ex press ,
- ex pressed ,
- ex pressing ,
- ex-press ,
- ex-pressing ,
- gat cracking ,
- get lead out ,
- gets cracking ,
- getting cracking ,
- got cracking ,
- gotten cracking ,
- makes haste ,
- making haste ,
- moving quickly ,
- not lose a minuted ,
- not lose a minutes ,
- not lose a minuting ,
- not lose minute ,
- not lose minuted ,
- not lose minutes ,
- not lose minuting ,
- shake leg ,
- shakes a leg ,
- shakes leg ,
- shaking leg ,
- shook a leg ,
- shook leg ,
- takes wing ,
- taking wing ,
- took wing ,
- wasted no time ,
- wastes no time ,
- wasting no time ,
- whipped around ,
- whipping around ,
- whips around ,
- whipt around .
- gave someone slip ,
- gave someone the slip ,
- give someone slip ,
- gives someone slip ,
- gives someone the slip ,
- giving someone slip ,
- giving someone the slip ,
- take it lam ,
- take it on lam ,
- take it the lam ,
- takes it lam ,
- takes it on lam ,
- takes it on the lam ,
- takes it the lam ,
- taking it lam ,
- taking it on lam ,
- taking it on the lam ,
- taking it the lam ,
- took it lam ,
- took it on lam ,
- took it on the lam ,
- took it the lam .
- came away ,
- comes away ,
- coming away ,
- goes forth ,
- going forth ,
- headed out ,
- heading out ,
- heads out ,
- removed oneself ,
- removes oneself ,
- removing oneself ,
- rid off ,
- rides off ,
- riding off ,
- rode off ,
- said goodbye ,
- says goodbye ,
- sets out ,
- walked out ,
- walks out ,
- went forth .
- flee .
- goes like lightning ,
- going like lightning ,
- legged it ,
- legging it ,
- legs it ,
- tare out ,
- tearing out ,
- tears out ,
- tore out ,
- torn out .
- avoid ,
- beat a hasty retreat ,
- blow ,
- cut out ,
- get ,
- get the hell out ,
- hotfoot ,
- jump ,
- make off ,
- make one's escape ,
- make quick exit ,
- scoot ,
- scram ,
- skedaddle ,
- split ,
- step on the gas ,
- take off .
- dis regard ,
- dis regarded ,
- dis regarding ,
- dis regards ,
- dis-regard ,
- dis-regarded ,
- dis-regarding ,
- dis-regards ,
- hippety hopped ,
- hippety hopping ,
- hippety hops ,
- hippety-hopped ,
- hippety-hopping ,
- hippety-hops ,
- hippetyhop ,
- hippetyhopped ,
- hippetyhopping ,
- hippetyhops ,
- leaved out ,
- misses out ,
- missing out ,
- skimmed over ,
- skimming over ,
- skims over ,
- skirred ,
- skirring ,
- skirrs .
- dance around issue ,
- danced around an issue ,
- danced around issue ,
- dances around an issue ,
- dances around issue ,
- dancing around an issue ,
- dancing around issue ,
- tap danced ,
- worm one way out of ,
- worm ones way out of ,
- worm way out of ,
- wormed one way out of ,
- wormed one's way out of ,
- wormed ones way out of ,
- wormed way out of ,
- worming one way out of ,
- worming one's way out of ,
- worming ones way out of ,
- worming way out of ,
- worms one way out of ,
- worms one's way out of ,
- worms ones way out of ,
- worms way out of .
Other synonyms:
- absquatulate ,
- break away ,
- break for ,
- flight ,
- hasten ,
- lam ,
- make away with ,
- make off with ,
- runaway ,
- shake ,
- throw off .
- abscond ,
- get out of ,
- loose ,
- lose ,
- run off .
- bail out .
Other relevant words:
- Barreling ,
- Barrelling ,
- Beaching ,
- Careered ,
- Careering ,
- Danced ,
- Fared ,
- J ,
- JS ,
- Jed ,
- Jing ,
- Neared ,
- Parried ,
- Skirr ,
- Stranding ,
- Tiptoes ,
- barreled ,
- barrelled ,
- be beyond someone ,
- beat around bush ,
- beat around the bush ,
- beating around the bush ,
- beg the question ,
- begging the question ,
- bolt ,
- break loose ,
- bug out ,
- bugged out ,
- burst out ,
- bursting out ,
- bursts out ,
- bust out ,
- crawl out ,
- dance around an issue ,
- dancing ,
- decamp ,
- desert ,
- disappear ,
- elapse ,
- elope ,
- elude ,
- escape ,
- evade ,
- flighted ,
- flighting ,
- flinch ,
- fly ,
- forsake ,
- get around ,
- get away ,
- get away from ,
- get free ,
- get going ,
- get lost ,
- gets away ,
- gets away from ,
- getting around ,
- getting away ,
- getting away from ,
- getting going ,
- give the runaround ,
- give up ,
- give wide berth to ,
- go ,
- go back on ,
- go like the wind ,
- go over the hill ,
- go secretly ,
- go west ,
- got away ,
- got away from ,
- got going ,
- gotten away ,
- head for the hills ,
- hightail it ,
- hightails it ,
- hippety hop ,
- hippety-hop ,
- hurtle ,
- hurtling ,
- jump bail ,
- keep distance ,
- kiss goodbye ,
- lead on a merry chase ,
- leaf ,
- leaping ,
- leave flat ,
- leave high and dry ,
- leave holding the bag ,
- leave in lurch ,
- leave out ,
- leave stranded ,
- leave town ,
- leaves out ,
- leaves town ,
- leaving out ,
- left in the lurch ,
- left stranded ,
- made for ,
- make a break for it ,
- make for ,
- make one's way ,
- make oneself scarce ,
- make tracks ,
- make way ,
- making for ,
- making way ,
- miss out ,
- missed out ,
- move out ,
- moved out ,
- nears ,
- not touch ,
- not touching ,
- out wit ,
- pass up ,
- passed up ,
- play truant ,
- push on ,
- pushing off ,
- pussyfoot ,
- ran its course ,
- run ,
- run along ,
- run around ,
- run its course ,
- run like scared rabbit ,
- run out on ,
- running out on ,
- rush off ,
- rushed off ,
- scamper ,
- set off ,
- setting off ,
- shove off ,
- skim over ,
- skip ,
- skitter ,
- slip away ,
- slip out ,
- slipping away ,
- sneak off ,
- speed away ,
- stay shy of ,
- step it ,
- step on it ,
- strands ,
- take a hike ,
- take flight ,
- take leave ,
- taking flight ,
- taking leave ,
- tap dancing ,
- tiptoed ,
- tiptoeing ,
- took flight ,
- violate oath ,
- walking ,
- walks ,
- weasel ,
- welsh ,
- worm one's way out of .
- Slipped ,
- cut and run ,
- dog it ,
- duck out ,
- flew the coop ,
- fly the coop ,
- go south ,
- make a break ,
- make scarce ,
- ran off ,
- running off ,
- runs off ,
- skip out ,
- slipping ,
- sneak away ,
- steal away ,
- took off ,
- vamoose .
- By-pass ,
- Shied ,
- Shying ,
- Withdrew ,
- by-passed ,
- by-passes ,
- by-passing ,
- circumlocute ,
- fake out ,
- faked out ,
- fending off ,
- give the slip ,
- hold off ,
- keep clear ,
- laid low ,
- lay low ,
- run for cover ,
- shake and bake ,
- shake off ,
- shakes off ,
- shies ,
- shrink from ,
- shuffle off ,
- skip out on ,
- skip town ,
- skipped town ,
- stay away ,
- stay out ,
- steer clear of ,
- steering clear of ,
- step aside ,
- stepped aside ,
- turn aside ,
- turned aside ,
- turning aside ,
- ward off .
- Evanish ,
- OUTS ,
- Waned ,
- be done for ,
- be gone ,
- be lost ,
- be no more ,
- be swallowed up ,
- cease to exist ,
- ceased to exist ,
- ceasing to exist ,
- come to naught ,
- dematerialize ,
- dematerialized ,
- dematerializes ,
- die out ,
- died out ,
- drop out of sight ,
- end gradually ,
- exited ,
- fade away ,
- fades away ,
- fading away ,
- is lost ,
- leave no trace ,
- leaving no trace ,
- melt away ,
- outed ,
- passed away ,
- passing away ,
- recede .
- Escaping ,
- get away with ,
- get out ,
- go scot free ,
- go scot-free ,
- make getaway ,
- play hooky ,
- playing hooky ,
- take a powder ,
- take on the lam ,
- work out of ,
- wriggle out .
- Hasted ,
- Hasting ,
- gallop ,
- get cracking ,
- haste ,
- made haste ,
- make haste ,
- move quickly ,
- moved quickly ,
- moves quickly ,
- not lose a minute ,
- shake a leg ,
- shaking a leg ,
- take wing ,
- waste no time ,
- whip around .
- Embarking ,
- Sallied ,
- Sallying ,
- come away ,
- emigrate ,
- go away ,
- go forth ,
- goes away ,
- going away ,
- head out ,
- leave ,
- remove oneself ,
- ride off ,
- say goodbye ,
- saying goodbye ,
- set out ,
- setting out ,
- walk out ,
- walking out ,
- went away .
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How to use "Flee" in context?
When faced with a difficult situation, it can be tempting to flee. However, fleeing can often lead to bigger problems. When faced with a difficult situation, it is important to take a step back and assess the situation. If necessary, resources can be reached out for help. Facing a difficult situation head on can lead to opportunities that would have otherwise been missed.
Paraphrases for Flee:
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Hyponym for Flee:
v.
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motion
break away, run, fly the coop, lam, hightail it, scat, run away, escape, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, turn tail, scarper.
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motion
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