flees
- 1Third-person singular simple present of flee.
The deer flees at the first hint of a predator nearby.
Whenever an argument starts, he flees rather than face it.
Note
This form carries all three uses of flee. Without an object it means running away: the deer flees. With an object it means escaping a place or danger, and the object can follow directly, with no "from" needed: she flees the city. A third use describes something vanishing quickly, as when color flees a face. The direct-object pattern is the one worth noticing, since both everyday examples above leave the object out.
She flees the city before dawn.
The color flees his face when he hears the news.
flees is a form of flee
flee, verb: To run away in order to escape danger, harm, or trouble. Full entry
- Spelling
- flee → flees: add -s
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