Fuis (en. Run away)

[fɥi]

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

To distance oneself quickly from something.

I flee my problems instead of facing them.

Je fuis mes problèmes au lieu de les affronter.

To avoid or escape a situation.

He flees confrontation with his colleagues.

Il fuit la confrontation avec ses collègues.

To withdraw from a place or a person.

She flees every time he talks to her.

Elle fuis chaque fois qu'il lui parle.

Comes from the Latin 'fugere' which means 'to flee'.

to flee like the plague

To avoid something in an extreme manner.

fuir comme la peste

to run for it

To leave very quickly.

fuir à toutes jambes

to flee from a danger

To escape in the face of a threat.

fuir devant un danger

flight

The act of fleeing.

fuite

to run away

To escape, especially referring to young people leaving their family home.

fuguer

fugitive

A person who flees, often to escape justice.

fugitif

Fleeing reality

He uses drugs to flee reality.

Il se drogue pour fuir la réalité.

Fleeing work

He decided to flee work for the beach.

Il a décidé de fuir le boulot pour la plage.