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beaten a retreat
phrase
past participle of beat a retreat
Synonyms & Antonyms of beaten a retreat
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
- Seeing that they were hopelessly outnumbered, the troops beat a retreat.
Synonyms for beaten a retreat
Words Related to beaten a retreat
- absconded,
- cleared out,
- decamped,
- eloped,
- escaped,
- got (away)
- (or gotten (away)),
- got out
- (or gotten out),
- lammed,
- lit
- (or lighted out),
- made off,
- mizzled
- [chiefly British],
- scarpered
- [British],
- scatted,
- scrammed,
- skipped (out),
- skirred
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