{
    "term": "flee",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "flee",
            "heSheIt": "flees"
        },
        "pastSimple": "fled",
        "pastParticiple": "fled",
        "ingForm": "fleeing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to leave a person or place very quickly, especially because you are afraid of possible danger",
            "sensetop": "flee from somebody/somethingflee to…/into…flee something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She burst into tears and fled."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a camp for refugees fleeing from the war",
                    "contextForm": "flee from somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fled to London after an argument with his family.",
                    "contextForm": "flee to…/into…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was caught trying to flee the country.",
                    "contextForm": "flee something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The driver had already fled the scene of the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They turned and fled when they saw the gang approaching."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the police arrived the burglars fled empty-handed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had to flee for her life when soldiers attacked her town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The children fled in terror as the hay caught fire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She dropped the phone and fled from the office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The family managed to flee to safety."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They fled to Britain when the war started."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All my family fled across the border to safety."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fled into exile and never returned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Danger"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["abroad", "across the border", "into exile"],
                "verb + flee": ["be forced to", "have to", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["from", "into", "to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "flee empty-handed",
                    "flee for your life",
                    "flee like the wind"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fliː/",
                "audio": "fl/flee/flee__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fliːz/",
                "audio": "fl/flee/flees__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fled/",
                "audio": "fl/flee/fled__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfliːɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fl/flee/fleeing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fliː/",
                "audio": "fl/flee/flee__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fliːz/",
                "audio": "fl/flee/flees__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/fled/",
                "audio": "fl/flee/fled__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfliːɪŋ/",
                "audio": "fl/flee/fleeing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English flēon, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlieden and German fliehen."
}