Of combatants, troops, etc.: To retire from the field of battle or any contest, or from an advanced position.
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| 释义 | the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > move backwards [verb (intransitive)] > retire, withdraw, or retreat (44) withdraw1297 Of combatants, troops, etc.: To retire from the field of battle or any contest, or from an advanced position. recoilc1330 intransitive. To retreat, retire, or draw back before an enemy or opposing force. Also figurative. Now rare. give place1382 give place: (const. to). To give ground, yield to pressure or force (obsolete). arrear1399 intransitive. To draw back, fall back, retreat, recede. (Arere! may be imperative of the verb, or the adverb used interjectionally, like Back!) to draw backa1400 intransitive. To move backwards from one's position; to retire, retreat; to recoil. In early use also transitive (reflexive) in the same sense. resortc1425 intransitive. To retreat, retire. Obsolete. adrawc1450 intransitive. To withdraw; (with reflexive meaning) to withdraw oneself. recedec1450 intransitive. To go or move back or further away; to retreat or draw back. Frequently with from. Also figurative. retraya1470 intransitive. To retire, withdraw; to return. Also transitive (reflexive). returna1470 intransitive. To turn round and leave a place, esp. a field of battle; to retire, retreat. Now merged with sense 1. rebut1481 intransitive. To draw back, retire, retreat. Obsolete. wyke1481 intransitive. To give way, to withdraw. umbedrawc1485 to withdraw. retreata1500 intransitive. To move, go, or draw back or further away. Also figurative: to withdraw or back down from an attitude, idea, etc., esp. when faced… retract1535 Chiefly Military. intransitive. To retreat, withdraw. Obsolete. retire1542 intransitive. To move back or away. Also figurative and transitive (reflexive). to give back1548 intransitive. To retreat, fall back. Obsolete or archaic. regress1552 intransitive. gen. To go back; to move in a contrary direction; to withdraw, retreat, return. Obsolete. to fall back?1567 intransitive. To step or move back; (also) to lag or fall behind. Also figurative. peak1576 intransitive. To slink, creep, steal along; to shrink away. Obsolete. flinch1578 intransitive. To give way, draw back, yield ground in a combat; to draw back or turn aside from a course of action, a duty or enterprise. In later… to fall offa1586 intransitive. To move or step back or aside; to retreat, withdraw (literal and figurative). Later esp.: to become separated from a group or… to draw off1602 intransitive. To move off; to retire, withdraw; to retreat. to give ground1607 esp. in to break (new) ground, to make progress in a new direction (see break, v. phrases 3c); to gain (also gather, get) ground: to advance… retrograde1613 intransitive. Originally: †to move backwards, take a backward course; to recede, withdraw (obsolete). In later use: (Military) to draw back from a… to train off1796 intransitive (a) To go away, withdraw; (b) to veer off. to beat a retreat1861 to beat an air, to beat a tattoo, to beat a signal, and hence elliptically, to beat a charge, to beat a parley, to beat a retreat, etc. on the drum… to back off1938 to back off (originally U.S.). To draw back, retreat, let up. Subcategories:— and take up a position (1) — out of the way (13) — to one's usual place or way of life (1) — again (1) |
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