Definition of flee

"flee" in the verb sense

1. flee, fly, take flight

run away quickly

"He threw down his gun and fled"

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Quotations for flee

What exile from himself can flee? [ Byron ]

It is said the lion will turn and flee
From a maid in the pride of her purity. [ Byron ]

May bees flee not at this time of the year. [ Proverb ]

Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. [ St. James ]

While we flee from our fate, we like fools rush on it. [ Buchanan ]

Luck seeks those who flee, and flees those who seek it. [ German Proverb ]

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

Duty only frowns when you flee from it; follow it, and it smiles upon you. [ Elizabeth, Queen of Roumania ]

Time glides away, and we grow older through the noiseless years; the days flee away, and are restrained by no rein. [ Ovid ]

A jest that makes a virtuous woman only smile, often frightens away a prude; but, when real danger forces the former to flee, the latter does not hesitate to advance. [ Latena ]

Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another; if thou receive not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter; if thou receive them, they flee forward and wound the receiver. [ Quarles ]

Good-humor, gay spirits, are the liberators, the sure cure for spleen and melancholy. Deeper than tears, these irradiate the tophets with their glad heavens. Go laugh, vent the pits, transmuting imps into angels by the alchemy of smiles. The satans flee at the sight of these redeemers. [ Alcott ]

flee in Scrabble®

The word flee is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters flee:

FLEE
(33)
FEEL
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word flee

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flee in Words With Friends™

The word flee is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters flee:

FLEE
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FEEL
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Words within the letters of flee

2 letter words in flee (2 words)

3 letter words in flee (4 words)

4 letter words in flee (Anagrams) (2 words)

flee + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence flee

Words with flee in them (2 words)

Words that end with flee (1 word)

Word Growth involving flee

Shorter words in flee

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