retreat
verb
uk
/rɪˈtriːt/ us
/rɪˈtriːt/retreat verb (POSITION)
- reverseThe road ahead was blocked by a tree so I had to reverse.
- backI backed into the drive.
- back upI backed up into an empty parking space.
- retreatShe retreated hastily back up the stairs.
- pull backUN peacekeepers have pulled back from the border.
- withdrawThe British army withdrew from Dunkirk in 1940.
- beat
- beat someone off
- beat someone/something back
- capitulate
- counter-assault
- counterattack
- countercharge
- fend someone off
- fight
- hold
- parry
- pull
- pull back
- refight
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- resistance
- strike
- white flag
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
retreat verb (DECISION)
The government is retreating from its promises.
- 180
- about-face
- about-turn
- back away
- back out
- cave in
- cold
- go back on something
- have another think coming idiom
- make a 180
- make an about-face
- make an about-turn
- move
- pull out
- shift
- shift (your) ground idiom
- there's no turning back idiom
- think again idiom
- think better of something idiom
- time-server
retreat verb (PRICE)
retreat
noun
uk
/rɪˈtriːt/ us
/rɪˈtriːt/retreat noun (POSITION)
- beat
- beat someone off
- beat someone/something back
- capitulate
- counter-assault
- counterattack
- countercharge
- fend someone off
- fight
- hold
- parry
- pull
- pull back
- refight
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- resistance
- strike
- white flag
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
retreat noun (DECISION)
- 180
- about-face
- about-turn
- back away
- back out
- cave in
- cold
- go back on something
- have another think coming idiom
- make a 180
- make an about-face
- make an about-turn
- move
- pull out
- shift
- shift (your) ground idiom
- there's no turning back idiom
- think again idiom
- think better of something idiom
- time-server