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Meanings of retreat in English

Portuguese
recuar
Catalan
allunyar-se
Spanish
retirarse

Pull back or move away or backward.

      recuar
      Portuguese
      andar

      An area where you can be alone.

            andar
            Catalan
            retir

            Withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation.

                  retir
                  Spanish
                  retroceder

                  Move back.

                        retroceder
                        Usage of retreat in English
                        1
                        It is Michael Hill's second retreat from an unprofitable market this year.
                        Radio NZ
                        2
                        The battle raged; the German hordes pushed forward; the great retreat began.
                        The Rider in Khaki: A Novel
                        3
                        If troops are forced to retreat quickly, weapons can be left behind.
                        Bones of the Lost
                        4
                        A quick look behind showed our retreat was still clear, if necessary.
                        Hex and the city
                        5
                        Union troops quickly forced the Confederates into retreat up Henry House Hill.
                        A. lincoln: a biography
                        6
                        Above all, in a retreat into the heart of the country; and
                        On War
                        7
                        For a few days each year cosmopolitan chic enlivened this rural retreat.
                        The Guardian
                        8
                        In the final analysis General Gorruk's greatest military achievement was his retreat.
                        Genellan: planetfall
                        9
                        Police and national guard barricades blocked the way, leading marchers to retreat.
                        The Guardian
                        10
                        Napoleon was said to be in retreat; it might soon be over.
                        Second to None
                        11
                        But Heinz Paulsen-Fuchs had been in business too long to simply retreat.
                        Blood music
                        12
                        They'd arrange things so they could immediately retreat without getting really involved.
                        Self's punishment
                        13
                        And Druot of the artillery also kept it together in the retreat.
                        The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
                        14
                        I am in my good friend's house on a sort of retreat.
                        The Irish Times
                        15
                        Superior force opposed; river between; rear open; why, 'twas retreat made easy.
                        The Cloister and the Hearth
                        16
                        The fighting around Vilna was the bitterest in the whole long retreat.
                        History of the World War, Vol. 3
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