retreat in English

noun

1

an act of moving back or withdrawing.

a speedy retreat

synonyms: withdrawal, pulling back

2

a signal for a military force to withdraw.

the bugle sounded a retreat

3

a quiet or secluded place in which one can rest and relax.

their mountain retreat in New Hampshire

synonyms: refuge, haven, sanctuary, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, escape

verb

1

(of an army) withdraw from enemy forces as a result of their superior power or after a defeat.

the French retreated in disarray

synonyms: withdraw, retire, draw back, pull back/out, fall back, give way, give ground, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat

noun

withdrawal, pulling back
about-face, U-turn, one-eighty
refuge, haven, sanctuary, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, escape
seclusion, withdrawal, retirement, solitude, isolation, sanctuary
hideaway
retirement

verb

withdraw, go out, change one's mind, pull back, retrograde
withdraw, retire, draw back, pull back/out, fall back, give way, give ground, beat a retreat, beat a hasty retreat
go out, ebb, recede, fall, go down, wane
change one's mind, change one's plans, back down, climb down, do a U-turn, backtrack, backpedal, give in, concede defeat, pull a U-ey, do a one-eighty
pull back, pull away, move back, recede, draw back, withdraw, retire
pull back, back out, back away, withdraw, crawfish
retrograde

Use "retreat" in a sentence

1. Retreat?

2. No retreat?

3. Bonaparte Retreat, Bonaparte, Iowa

4. Retreat into acute fast.

5. The bugle tooted retreat.

6. Danyu orders a retreat!

7. Perhaps retreat is best.

8. A sudden and inexplicable retreat.

9. The last phase: With the retreat of the Byzantine left center, a general Byzantine retreat started.

10. I'm ordering a full retreat.

11. Body Taken to His Rural Retreat.

12. The army beat a hasty retreat.

13. New Mexico's not a retreat jurisdiction.

14. Enemy soldiers are now in retreat.

15. Coastguards Retreat is situated in Hayle

16. Hitting bottom isn't a weekend retreat.

17. The enemy was now in retreat.

18. Any more retreat would be humiliation.

19. They cut off the enemy's retreat.

20. He issued the command to retreat.

21. Retreat, in its view, signified surrender.

22. I decided to beat a hasty retreat.

23. 6 The army beat a hasty retreat.

24. The enemy was / were forced to retreat.

25. View deals for Luxury Retreat + Amenitized Building

26. A retreat from the beauty of blackness.

27. The captain instructed the soldiers to retreat.

28. Capuchin Retreat is a center of Franciscan spirituality and retreat situated on 95 wooded acres in Washington Township, Michigan

29. " Obstinate, I never retreat at dead ends "

30. What are you blowing, advance or retreat?

31. 8 He issued the command to retreat.

32. 8 They lived in a sylvan retreat.

33. Our soldiers force the enemy to retreat.

34. All the stratagems of advance and retreat.

35. They were attacked and forced to retreat.

36. Lieutenant Peterson shouted the order to retreat.

37. Brickyard Retreat is a repurposed glazed tile factory

38. Transform your Bathroom into the ultimate personal retreat

39. A brave retreat is a brave exploit. 

40. 12 I decided to beat a hasty retreat.

41. Cover the main troop's retreat to the canyon!

42. Bower definition is - an attractive dwelling or retreat

43. Eventually the police forced the crowd into retreat.

44. How Moscow Capitalises on US retreat in Palestine, Israel

45. Anafora is an Orthodox Retreat Centre just outside Cairo

46. The retreat gives me a kind of spiritual nourishment.

47. The enemy was forced to retreat from the city.

48. Worse things had happened on the retreat from Dunkirk.

49. You cannot retreat from your responsibility in this affair.

50. If the blockage worked, they could retreat with dignity.