Flee
Flee (flē) , intransitive verb
[Old English fleon, fleen, Anglo-Saxon fleón (imperf. fleáh); akin to Dutch vlieden, Old High German & Old Saxon fliohan, German fliehen, Icelandic flȳja (imperf. flȳei), Danish flye, Swedish fly (imperf. flydde), Gothic þliuhan. r84. Compare Flight.]
To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; -- usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive.
[He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke.
Flee fornication.
So fled his enemies my warlike father.
When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost speed. “Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands?” Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.