to run away; " He threw down his gun and fled."

run away quickly; " He threw down his gun and fled"

To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; - usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.

To run away from; avoid.

To hasten away from danger; disappear.

Fied.

Fleeing.

To run away, as from danger.

To keep at a distance from; - pr. p. fleeing; pa. t. and pa. p. fled.

Fled.

To run from; escape; avoid.

To run swiftly; run away.

To run away from; shun; avoid.

To seek safety in flight; run away.

To keep at a distance from.

To run away; to hasten, as from danger or expected evil.

To run with rapidity- to flee, as a man or beast- to fly, as a bird; to run from danger or for shelter; to hasten away; to avoid.

The peasants rose in alarm at the rapid approach of the three excited men, and turned as though to flee into the safety of the adjoining field, but Renwick overtook them. – The Secret Witness by George Gibbs

But Judas said, Far be it from me so to do, that I should flee from them. – The Makers and Teachers of Judaism by Charles Foster Kent

I could never flee from that trouble. – Kent Knowles: Quahaug by Joseph C. Lincoln

It would be absurd for them to flee – The Pirates of Ersatz by Murray Leinster

Khatun immediately determined to flee to save her life. – Genghis Khan, Makers of History Series by Jacob Abbott

Therefore, there were only two courses open- fight or flee – Despoilers of the Golden Empire by Gordon Randall Garrett

There his heart had been with them and he had made their sufferings his own; here he would flee from them to a lodge in the desert. – Jeremiah by George Adam Smith

Escape was easy, for the door was before him and the Shawnee behind, but Joe did not flee – The Spirit of the Border A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley by Zane Grey

But it was incredible that the man who had struck down Uncle Bill Campbell should flee from any man or number of men. – Bull Hunter by Max Brand

If you wish to save yourself, turn now and flee before he has heard of your coming. – Old Greek Stories by James Baldwin

" Then said Taku the Sailor: 'Why didst thou flee from the ship? – By Reef and Palm by Louis Becke

We are then in the condition of deer; when they flee from the huntsmen's feathers in fright, whither do they turn and in what do they seek refuge as safe? – A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus With the Encheiridion by Epictetus

When the battle had gone on for a long while, the Moors could not stand up against the Christians, and they had to turn and flee – The White Knight: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell and Marti Johan d'Galba

But here by is one shall pay thee all thy payment, and therefore yet I counsel thee, flee – Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II) King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory

And she turned to flee from the garden; but her gown- lap Gudrun caught, And cried: Thou evil woman, for thee were the Niblungs wrought, And their day of the fame past telling, that they should heed thy life? – The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs by William Morris

All his troops will flee – The Moghul by Thomas Hoover

Where did they flee to? – General Max Shorter by Kris Ottman Neville

We 're tellt to resist him an' he'll flee frae 's. – Malcolm by George MacDonald

Before she could move, whether to advance or to flee Raymond replied: " I wanted to ask you- you know I wanted to ask you!" – Missy by Dana Gatlin

Italian forces invaded Albania on that day, forcing Zog to flee the country, never to return. – Area Handbook for Albania by Eugene K. Keefe Sarah Jane Elpern William Giloane James M. Moore, Jr. Stephen Peters Eston T. White