English Explanatory Dictionary

beat a retreat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To leave hastily in the face of opposition.

Word forms

beat a retreat beats a retreat beating a retreat beaten a retreat beat retreat

Etymology

See beat (“to signal beating a drum”).

Related words

beat to quarters
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