noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of one who flees.

   "Until the year 211, "Adamantius" taught, studied, prayed, and fasted amidst disturbance, martyrdoms, and fleeings from house to house[…]"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of flee form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

absenceawolcutday offdefaultdeparture

Example

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"The policeman caught fleeing thief by the arm."

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