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Definition of Flee
Flee

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.

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Flee Quotations

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.
Friedrich Nietzsche

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.
Coco Chanel

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!
Bob Marley

It is vain for the coward to flee; death follows close behind; it is only by defying it that the brave escape.
Voltaire

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.
Voltaire

In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee - or laugh.
Robert Orben

Man can certainly flee from God... but he cannot escape him. He can certainly hate God and be hateful to God, but he cannot change into its opposite the eternal love of God which triumphs even in his hate.
Karl Barth

The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee.
Jean Cocteau

For all of its uncertainty, we cannot flee the future.
Barbara Jordan

Flee Translations

flee in Afrikaans is ontsnap, ontkom aan, vlug
flee in Danish is undfly, flygte, undkomme
flee in Dutch is ontsnappen, ontgaan, ontkomen
flee in German is fliehen, meiden, fliehe
flee in Italian is fuggo
flee in Norwegian is flykte
flee in Portuguese is fuja
flee in Spanish is huir


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