BEAT A HASTY RETREAT

Meaning of BEAT A HASTY RETREAT in English

leave rapidly, withdraw quickly

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

BEAT A (HASTY) RETREAT — ~ withdraw. → beat
Concise Oxford English vocab
BEAT A (HASTY) RETREAT — to go away or back quickly, especially to avoid sth unpleasant
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEAT A (HASTY) RETREAT — See retreat verb sense 1. 2192; headword
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEAT A HASTY RETREAT — run away from, leave quickly When the boys heard the siren they beat a hasty retreat.
English Idioms vocab
BEAT A HASTY RETREAT — run away from, leave quickly When the boys heard the siren they beat a hasty retreat.
English Idioms vocabulary
HASTY — coleric, ínpatient; hastosi
English interlingue dictionary
HASTY — apurado;dinalian
English-Visayan vocabulary
HASTY — adjective (hastier; -est) Date: 14th century 1. rapid in action or movement ; speedy , done or made in a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RETREAT — I. rə̇.ˈtrēt, rē.ˈ-, usu -rēd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English retret, from Middle French retret, retrait, from retrait, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HASTY — ˈhāstē, -ti adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French hasti, hastif, from haste, n. + -if -ive …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETREAT — (v. i.) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated army retreated …
Английский словарь Webster
RETREAT — (n.) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in the duties …
Английский словарь Webster
HASTY — (n.) Forward; early; first ripe.
Английский словарь Webster
HASTY — (n.) Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty resolution.
Английский словарь Webster
HASTY — (n.) Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
Английский словарь Webster
RETREAT — ( v. i. ) To make a retreat; to retire from any position or place; to withdraw; as, the defeated …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETREAT — ( n. ) A period of several days of withdrawal from society to a religious house for exclusive occupation in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HASTY — ( n. ) Made or reached without deliberation or due caution; as, a hasty conjecture, inference, conclusion, etc., a hasty …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HASTY — ( n. ) Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETREAT — — retreatal , adj. — retreater , n. — retreative , adj. /ri treet"/ , n. 1. the forced or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HASTY — — hastily , adv. — hastiness , n. /hay"stee/ , adj., hastier, hastiest . 1. moving or acting with haste; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RETREAT — I. ri-ˈtrēt noun Etymology: Middle English retret, from Anglo-French retrait, from past participle of retraire to withdraw, from Latin retrahere, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEAT — I. ˈbēt verb ( beat ; beat·en ˈbē-t ə n ; or beat ; beat·ing ) Etymology: Middle English beten, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HASTY — adjective ( hast·i·er ; -est ) Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic : rapid in action or movement : speedy …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RETREAT — noun a special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises. 2. retreat ·noun the act of retiring …
Webster English vocab
HASTY — noun forward; early; first ripe. 2. hasty ·noun demanding haste or immediate action. 3. hasty ·noun proceeding from, or indicating, …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
RETREAT — [re.treat] n [ME retret, fr. MF retrait, fr. pp. of retraire to withdraw, fr. L retrahere, fr. re- + trahere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HASTY — [hasty] adj hast.i.er ; -est (14c) 1 a archaic: rapid in action or movement: speedy b: done or made in …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEAT — [beat] vb beat ; beat.en or beat ; beat.ing [ME beten, fr. OE beatan; akin to OHG bozan to beat] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEAT — Wave graphs illustrating how beat notes are produced by two different frequencies in physics, the pulsation caused by the combination …
Britannica English vocabulary
RETREAT — / rɪˈtriːt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb FROM DANGER / DEFEAT 1. [ v ] to move away …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HASTY — / ˈheɪsti; NAmE / adjective ( hasti·er , hasti·est ) 1. said, made or done very quickly, especially when this …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RETREAT — I. re ‧ treat 1 /rɪˈtriːt/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] 1 . ARMY to move away from the enemy after …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HASTY — hast ‧ y /ˈheɪsti/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . done in a hurry, especially with bad results SYN hurried : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RETREAT — v. & n. --v. 1 a intr. (esp. of military forces) go back, retire; relinquish a position. b tr. cause …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEAT — v., n., & adj. --v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1 tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RETREAT — v. & n. v. 1 a intr. (esp. of military forces) go back, retire; relinquish a position. b tr. cause …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEAT — v., n., & adj. v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1 tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RETREAT — v. & n. --v. 1. a intr. (esp. of military forces) go back, retire; relinquish a position. b tr. cause …
Oxford English vocab
BEAT — v., n., & adj. --v. (past beat; past part. beaten) 1. tr. a strike (a person or animal) persistently or …
Oxford English vocab
RETREAT — ( retreats, retreating, retreated) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HASTY — ( hastier, hastiest) 1. A hasty movement, action, or statement is sudden, and often done in reaction to something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RETREAT — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you ~, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RETREAT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a retreating army (= moving away after being defeated ) ▪ Washington's troops pursued …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HASTY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hasty conclusion (= one that you reach too quickly, so that you are probably …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HASTY — [adjective] -ier, -iestHasty means done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or consideration.He warned against making hasty decisions.Now …
Cambridge English vocab
BEAT — (MOVEMENT) [verb] [past simple] beat, [past participle] beaten or beat - to (cause to) make a regular movement or soundAlthough …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
RETREAT — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: RECEDE 1, back, fall back, retract, retrocede, retrograde Related Words: quail, recoil, shrink Antonyms: advance …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
RETREAT — I. noun Synonyms: shelter 1, asylum, cover, covert, harbor, harborage, haven, port, refuge, sanctuary II. verb 1. Synonyms: recede 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
RETREAT — I. noun 1 retreating/leaving ADJECTIVE ▪ hasty , headlong , quick , rapid ▪ I decided to beat a hasty …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HASTY — adj. Hasty is used with these nouns: ↑ breakfast , ↑ conclusion , ↑ decision , ↑ departure , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RETREAT — n. 25B6; verb the army retreated : WITHDRAW, retire, draw back, pull back/out, fall back, give way, give ground, beat …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HASTY — adj. 25B6; adjective hasty steps : QUICK, hurried, fast, swift, rapid, speedy, brisk; poetic/literary fleet. hasty decisions : RASH, impetuous, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEAT — n. 25B6; verb they were beaten with truncheons : HIT, strike, batter, thump, bang, hammer, punch, knock, thrash, pound, pummel, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RETREAT — n. 1 retirement, withdrawal, pulling or falling or drawing back, giving ground, evacuation, flight The regiment's retreat in the face …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HASTY — adj. 1 quick, speedy, swift, rapid, fast, brisk, prompt, immediate, instantaneous He made a hasty departure so as not to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

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