flee (v)
fly#3 (v)
take flight (v)

v02075462

type v
lex_filenum 38
def run away quickly
examples He threw down his gun and fled
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
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Hypernym scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
Derivationally related form flee → flight
Derivationally related form flee → fleer
Hyponym break; stampede; abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off; elope, run off; escape, get away, break loose; high-tail; defect, desert
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Derivationally related form flight → flee
Derivationally related form fleer → flee
Hypernym break; stampede; abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off; elope, run off; escape, get away, break loose; high-tail; defect, desert
Hyponym scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away

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