Thinking he is dead, the friends flee the town to avoid police confrontations.

Hundreds fled to America in the 1920s and 1930s to avoid prosecution.

The two had to flee England to avoid the scandal.

I had to flee to avoid some rather nasty publicity.

In 1803 he fled to England to avoid being sent to jail.

His wife eventually fled to Hungary to avoid further trouble.

Most defendants do not even have to flee to avoid prison.

After the failure of that attack, he fled to avoid capture.

Many civilians fled into the bush to avoid the troops.

She had tried to convince him to flee to avoid exactly this situation.