The action or an act of falling back from a place or position, esp. after a defeat or when confronted by a superior force. in retreat: in the…
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释义 | society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > retreat (15) retreat1523 The action or an act of falling back from a place or position, esp. after a defeat or when confronted by a superior force. in retreat: in the… retire1548 The action or an act of falling back or retreating from a place or position, esp. in the face of superior force. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.). retract1553 A retreat, esp. of an army or force; the call signalling this. back-march1577 With nouns of action, forming nouns, as back-caper, back-blast, back-come, back-eddy (usually figurative), back-flip, back-flow also (figurative)… dismarch1600 A retreat. dismarching1635 skedaddle1870 A hasty or precipitate retreat or flight; a scurry. pullback1943 Originally U.S. A withdrawal of military troops or police. Subcategories:— specific (2) — withdrawal (5) |
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