Flee and Return

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Flee

Flee verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.
Usage example: a murderer who fled on foot
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Return is an antonym for flee.
Nearby Word: fleeing

Return

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.
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Synonyms for Return
Antonyms for Return
Flee is an antonym for return.
Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner
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Common collocations

people flee people return people
group flee group return group
area flee area return area
place flee place return place
Other words: death, way, universe, earth, world, home, country, planet, town, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Defender of the Crown If you get defeated, you get a message about how you flee and vow to return one day.
    Source: Video Game / Defender of the Crown
  • During one of the last major climaxes, as Shuichi and company flee from his new boss, Reiji, in order to return to Japan, part of New York City gets the ever-loving crap blown out of it.
    Source: Funny Aneurysm Moment / Anime
  • Series / Mysteriet Pa Greveholm Cowardly Lion: The ghosts flee the castle when they know the final battle with the Count is near, but they come to their senses later on and return just in time to save the kids by taking on the Count by themselves.
    Source: Series / Mysteriet Pa Greveholm
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