FLEE

[verb] [past:] fled - to escape by running away, esp. because of danger or fearEveryone fled (from) the building when the fire alarm sounded. [T; I + from]She fled (from) the room in tears. [T; I + from]In order to escape capture, he fled to the country. [I](figurative literary) All our dreams have fled (= our hopes have quickly disappeared). [I]It is thought that the robbers have fled the country (= gone to another country) by now.