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Definition of white flight noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

white flight

noun

/ˌwaɪt ˈflaɪt/

/ˌwaɪt ˈflaɪt/

[uncountable] (US English)

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a situation where white people who can afford it go to live outside the cities because they are worried about crime in city centres

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