BEAT A RETREAT

Meaning of BEAT A RETREAT in English

withdraw quickly, pull back quickly; withdraw because of defeat

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BEAT A RETREAT — phrasal to leave in haste
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEAT A RETREAT — phrasal : to retreat or retire often in haste or with loss of dignity
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEAT A RETREAT — : to leave in haste
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEAT A RETREAT — to leave in haste
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BEAT A RETREAT — see retreat
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEAT A RETREAT — see retreat
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BEAT A RETREAT — {v. phr.} 1. To give a signal, esp. by beating a drum, to go back. * /The Redcoats' drums were …
Slang English vocab
BEAT A RETREAT — {v. phr.} 1. To give a signal, esp. by beating a drum, to go back. * /The Redcoats' drums were …
Словарь английских идиом
BEAT A RETREAT — v. phr. 1. To give a signal, esp. by beating a drum, to go back. The Redcoats' drums were beating …
American Idioms English vocabulary
BEAT A RETREAT — 1) бить отход 2) перен. идти на попятный отступать [-пить]
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEAT A RETREAT — Делать отступ
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BEAT A RETREAT — бить отход идти на попятный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BEAT A RETREAT — бить отбой, идти на попятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BEAT A RETREAT — бить отбой, идти на попятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
BEAT A RETREAT — 1) бить отход 2) перен. идти на попятный
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BEAT A RETREAT — 1) бить отход 2) перен. идти на попятный
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEAT A RETREAT — бить отход идти на попятный
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
BEAT A RETREAT — Делать отступ
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
BEAT A RETREAT — 1) бить отход 2) перен. идти на попятный отступать [-пить]
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
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
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
RETREAT — — retreatal , adj. — retreater , n. — retreative , adj. /ri treet"/ , n. 1. the forced or …
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
RETREAT — noun a special season of solitude and silence to engage in religious exercises. 2. retreat ·noun the act of retiring …
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
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
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
BEAT — v. 1 strike, pound, bash, smite, batter, pummel or pommel, belabour, pelt, clout, thrash, give (someone) a thrashing or beating, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RETREAT — 1. сущ. 1) а) прям. перен., тж. геол. и горн. отступление to carry out, make a retreat ≈ отступать hasty, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RETREAT — retreat.ogg 1. rıʹtri:t n 1. отступление, отход to intercept the retreat - воен. отрезать путь к отступлению ( тж. перен. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
RETREAT — 1. rıʹtri:t n 1. отступление, отход to intercept the retreat - воен. отрезать путь к отступлению ( тж. перен. ) …
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