Past tense of flee
The past simple of flee is fled and the past participle is fled: flee – fled – fled.
- Base form V1
- flee
- Past simple V2
- fled
- Past participle V3
- fled
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Meaning of flee
To leave a place rapidly in order to escape danger or fear
- ExampleFamilies were forced to flee the advancing wildfire.
Flee, fled, fled in sentences
- Past simpleThe family fled the city in one night.
- Past participleThousands have fled the fighting.
Common mistakes
fleedfled. Flee is irregular, so it does not take -ed.
Similar verbs
Past simple and past participle the same, like flee: have, make, think, say, find, feel, keep, tell.
Common questions
What is the past tense of flee?
Fled. For example: The family fled the city in one night.
What is the past participle of flee?
Fled. It follows have in the perfect tenses, as in Thousands have fled the fighting.
Is flee a regular verb?
No. Flee is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.
