Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
flee
VERB:
To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation: abscond, break out, decamp, escape, fly, get away, run away. Informal :skip (out). Slang :lam. Regional :absquatulate. Idioms: blow (or fly) the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. SeeFREE.
