flee
verb (used without object)
to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
flees
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present tense formof flee (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It ends 80 years later when his grandson Emanuel, the head of the family business, flees the new Bolshevik regime.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The 2007 opening of FX’s groundbreaking legal drama “Damages,” in which Byrne’s young lawyer, Ellen Parsons, flees an uptown New York apartment building in which something terrible has clearly happened, sparked all manner of conversation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
When he stumbles upon the hut of a shepherd who flees at the sight of him, he “greedily devoured the remnants of the shepherd’s breakfast, which consisted of bread, cheese, milk and wine.”
From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025
This creates a rare market asymmetry: The public sees “bubble” and flees everything AI-related, while sophisticated capital is making precise bets on deflation survivors.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025
Everyone flees before it; everyone yields to its impetus, unable to oppose it in any way.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
