I.
noun
1 retreating/leaving
ADJECTIVE
▪ hasty , headlong , quick , rapid
▪
I decided to beat a hasty ~.
▪ humiliating , ignominious ( formal )
▪ orderly , strategic , tactful , tactical
▪
I made a tactful ~ before they started arguing.
VERB + RETREAT
▪ beat , make
▪ lead
▪ call ( AmE ), order , sound
▪ force , force sb into
▪
Eventually the police forced the crowd into ~.
▪ block , cut off
▪ cover
▪
We covered his ~ with bursts of gunfire.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
The enemy was now in ~.
▪ on the ~
▪
fresh evidence that trade unionism is on the ~
▪ ~ from
▪
He took part in the ~ from Paris.
▪ ~ into
▪
her ~ into a fantasy world of her own
▪ ~ to
▪
an ignominious ~ to the River Vistula
PHRASES
▪ be in full ~
▪
On the eastern front the army was in full ~.
▪ a line of ~
▪
We succeeded in cutting off the enemy's line of ~.
2 quiet and private place
ADJECTIVE
▪ favourite/favorite , idyllic , perfect
▪
the perfect ~ for a romantic honeymoon
▪ private , secret
▪ peaceful , quiet
▪ country , mountain , rural , wilderness ( esp. AmE )
▪
designed as a gentleman's country ~
▪ summer , winter
▪ holiday ( BrE ), vacation ( AmE ), weekend
▪ presidential
▪
Camp David, the presidential ~ in Maryland
VERB + RETREAT
▪ turn sth into , use sth as
▪
She plans to use it as a winter ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
a summer ~ for the rich
▪ ~ from
▪
They are staying here at their secret ~ from life in the city.
3 quiet place; time spent there
ADJECTIVE
▪ Buddhist , meditation , religious , spiritual , yoga , Zen
▪ silent
▪
I went on a ten-day silent ~.
▪ annual
▪
I went off on one of my annual ~s.
▪ two-day , week-long , etc.
▪ business , corporate , executive , management (all esp. AmE )
▪
A successful executive ~ can be a powerful tool for addressing changing business conditions.
▪ women's , writers'
▪ family ( esp. AmE )
VERB + RETREAT
▪ attend , do , go on
▪
She goes on a spiritual ~ for two weeks every summer.
▪ go into
▪
He went into ~ at his country home to escape the attention of the media.
▪ hold
▪
The family held its first ~ last October.
▪ offer
▪
Zen Mountain offers numerous wilderness ~s.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ hastily , quickly , rapidly , swiftly
▪ slowly
▪
Sandy ~ed slowly, wary of what the man might do.
▪ further
▪ back
▪
He ~ed hastily back to his car.
VERB + RETREAT
▪ try to
▪ order sb to
▪
The army has been ordered to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ before
▪
They ~ed before the Americans.
▪ behind
▪
He ~ed behind the table.
▪ down
▪
I heard her footsteps ~ down the hall.
▪ from
▪ in the face of
▪
He ~ed in the face of strong opposition.
▪ into
▪
He ~ed into his own world.
▪ to
▪
She ~ed from the busy office to her own room.
Retreat is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ army , ↑ tide