Reverse Dictionary: FLEE

ADJECTIVES
► FUGACIOUS ready to run away; fleeing → 1651 obs.
► FUGIENT fleeing → 1650 obs.
► FUGITABLE fugitive, apt or tending to flee; given to running away → 1628 obs.
► YFLED fled → c1374 obs.
► YFLOWEN fled → c1205 obs.

NOUNS
► FUGITATION a fleeing → 1823
► LEG-BAIL an escape; desertion; the act of fleeing → 1759 sl.
► RUN-OUT a running out, fleeing, or escaping; a hasty or unceremonious departure → 1928 US

VERBS
► ABSCONCE to depart quickly, to flee → 1823 obs., humorous usage
► ABSQUATILATE ► ABSQUATULATE to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away → 1830 Amer. sl.
► AFFERRE to drive out or away; to expel; to cause to flee → a1000 obs.
► AFLEE to flee, to run away → a1000 obs.
► AIR OUT to flee, to escape, to leave → 1942 Amer. dial.
► BEFLEE to flee from, to flee, to avoid, to shun → c1000 obs.
► BUG OUT to flee → 1950 US sl.
► CABBAGE TREE to flee → 1940s US rhyming sl.
► COOL OUT to flee, to get away fast → 1933 Amer. dial.
► DUCK to retire; to leave; to flee; to disappear → 1914 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► FUGE to flee → 1573 obs.
► HIT THE LAM to run away; to flee; esp. from authorities; to escape → 1986 US sl.
► LAM to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run; to depart hurriedly → 1886 US sl., esp. criminals’ & police usage
► LAMMISTER to abscond; to flee from authorities → 1921 US sl.
► LAM OUT to abscond; to make an escape from; to flee; hence, to run → 1886 Amer. sl.
► LEG IT to flee, to run away → 1920 colloq.
► OF-RUN to overtake by running; to run away from; to flee from → c888 obs.
► SCAPEN OFF to scamper, to flee → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCURR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off → a1548
► SKEDADDLE to run away, to flee, to depart or leave hastily, to desert; to rush off  → 1861 sl., orig US Civil War
► SKEET to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly → 1838 Amer. dial.
► SKEETER to scoot, to flee, to run, to move quickly, to move something quickly → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SKIP to flee the country → 1884 US colloq.
► SKIRR to run away hastily; to flee, to make off → a1548
► TAKE A RUN-OUT POWDER to leave; to flee; to abscond → 1909 US colloq.
► TAKE DARNTON TROD to elude pursuit; to run away to escape punishment; to flee the country → 1834 Eng. dial.
► TAKE IT ON THE ARTHUR DUFFY to run away fast; to flee; to take it on the lam → 1935 US sl.
► TAKE IT ON THE DAN O’LEARY to run away fast; to flee; to take it on the lam → 1935 US sl.
► TAKE IT ON THE JESSE OWENS to run away fast; to flee; to take it on the lam → 1939 US sl.
► TAKE IT ON THE LAM to run away; to flee, esp. from authorities; to escape; to depart hurriedly → 1904 US sl., orig. criminals’ usage
► TAKE THE SANDS to flee the country; to take safety in flight → 1785 Sc.
► TAKE TO ONE’S LEGS to run away, to flee; to run → 1530
► TURN TAIL to run away; to flee → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)