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Fled out of range (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ran

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'fled' is the definition.
(ran away)

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(Other definitions for ran that I've seen before include "Directed - fled" , "Managed; raced" , "was in charge" , "Managed; operated" , "Organised" .)

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