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beat a retreat

idiom

To leave hastily in the face of opposition.


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    beat a dead horse

    To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

  2. 02

    beat around the bush

    To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.

  3. 03

    beat as one

    To share the same feelings.

  4. 04

    beat Banaghan

    To tell wonderful stories, or something which is amazing and remarkable.

  5. 05

    beat feet

    To run.

  6. 06

    beat it

    To leave; to go away.

  7. 07

    beat off

    To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis.

  8. 08

    beat off with a stick

    To reject (a person making an unwanted amorous approach).

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