To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; usually with from
If you flee from something or someone, or flee a person or thing, you escape from them. He slammed the bedroom door behind him and fled He fled to Costa Rica to avoid military service. refugees fleeing persecution or torture Thousands have been compelled to flee the country in makeshift boats. to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger