flee
verb (used without object)
to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
is fleeing
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present progressiveof flee (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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So money is fleeing from software—a sector populated by public companies with traditionally high margins and deep moats—to AI model providers, an area dominated by lossmaking private companies engaged in cut-throat competition.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
I think for a parent who is fleeing persecution from another government in particular, there doesn’t always feel like there’s an ability to confer your own citizenship to your child.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
This woman, it transpires, is fleeing an unhappy marriage; she invites herself onboard and persuades Jatgeir to run away with her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
“What is leaving one’s body? What is fasting? What is holding one’s breath? It is fleeing from the self, it is a short escape of the agony of being a self.”
From New York Times ● May 22, 2024
He says he is fleeing from his street because it is dull; he is lying.
From Heretics by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
