flee
verb (used without object)
to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
will flee
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future tenseof flee.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Although some tech moguls, including Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, recently have moved some of their companies out of California, proponents of the proposal say concerns that billionaires will flee are overblown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026
That doesn't stop some fearing that business will flee.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
The wolf will pursue or turn away; the prey will flee and be chased or stand its ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
After losing even a brief fight, the defeated animals will flee from the mice that hurt them for weeks afterward, a new study shows.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024
By dark, we will flee across the mud-flats into Boston.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
