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[ verb ] to run away
Synonyms Examples : "He threw down his gun and fled." Used in print ("Editorials"...)When East_Germans fled to the West by the thousands , paeans of joy rose from the throats of Western publicists . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)He explained his errand , but without bothering much to make it plausible , for he felt something well_up in him which was the reason why he had fled the army . The nigger boy fled down_the_stairs , screaming , `` Murder '' . He saw only dimly moving figures , but when he slashed them they yelled and fled . Herold , he saw , had fled . |
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