flee
verb (used without object)
to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
had fled
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past perfectof flee.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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About 20km south of Taiz, at the al-Monig displacement camp, families who had fled Mokha and villages hit by fighting were arriving, among hundreds of tents.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The family had fled their home in Gaza City soon after the war began, crammed into a tent in the enclave’s south.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
He later learned from a friend of Prabin’s that the two had fled the surge together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The scooters were designed and built in East Germany -- years after the Simson family had fled Nazi Germany for the United States -- but the bikes were still branded with their name.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Farmer climbed back in the car, and we continued on to the hacienda, once owned by a wealthy family that had fled the country when Castro came to power.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
