(~s, ~ing, fled)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
If you ~ from something or someone, or ~ a person or thing, you escape from them. (WRITTEN)
He slammed the bedroom door behind him and fled...
He fled to Costa Rica to avoid military service.
...refugees ~ing persecution or torture...
Thousands have been compelled to ~ the country in makeshift boats.
VERB: no passive, V, V prep/adv, V n, V n