"flee" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

is a type of: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail - flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
subtypes:
- break - make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- stampede - run away in a stampede
- abscond, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, go off, make off, run off - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
- elope, run off - run away secretly with one's beloved
- break loose, escape, get away - run away from confinement
- high-tail, hightail - retreat at full speed
- defect, desert - desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
same as: fly, take flight