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{
"term": "flee",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "flee",
"heSheIt": "flees"
},
"pastSimple": "fled",
"pastParticiple": "fled",
"ingForm": "fleeing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to leave a person or place very quickly, especially because you are afraid of possible danger",
"sensetop": "flee from somebody/somethingflee to…/into…flee something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She burst into tears and fled."
},
{
"text": "a camp for refugees fleeing from the war",
"contextForm": "flee from somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He fled to London after an argument with his family.",
"contextForm": "flee to…/into…"
},
{
"text": "He was caught trying to flee the country.",
"contextForm": "flee something"
},
{
"text": "The driver had already fled the scene of the accident."
},
{
"text": "They turned and fled when they saw the gang approaching."
},
{
"text": "When the police arrived the burglars fled empty-handed."
},
{
"text": "She had to flee for her life when soldiers attacked her town."
},
{
"text": "The children fled in terror as the hay caught fire."
},
{
"text": "She dropped the phone and fled from the office."
},
{
"text": "The family managed to flee to safety."
},
{
"text": "They fled to Britain when the war started."
},
{
"text": "All my family fled across the border to safety."
},
{
"text": "He fled into exile and never returned."
},
{
"text": "Hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes."
}
],
"topics": ["Danger"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["abroad", "across the border", "into exile"],
"verb + flee": ["be forced to", "have to", "try to"],
"preposition": ["from", "into", "to"],
"phrases": [
"flee empty-handed",
"flee for your life",
"flee like the wind"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fliː/",
"audio": "fl/flee/flee__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fliːz/",
"audio": "fl/flee/flees__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fled/",
"audio": "fl/flee/fled__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfliːɪŋ/",
"audio": "fl/flee/fleeing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/fliː/",
"audio": "fl/flee/flee__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fliːz/",
"audio": "fl/flee/flees__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/fled/",
"audio": "fl/flee/fled__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfliːɪŋ/",
"audio": "fl/flee/fleeing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English flēon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieden and German fliehen."
}