beaten a retreat
phrase
as in fled
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening Seeing that they were hopelessly outnumbered, the troops beat a retreat. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- fled
- bolted
- retreated
- flown
- run
- escaped
- run off
- run away
- beaten it
- turned tail
- bugged out
- made tracks
- broken
- got out
- cleared out
- skedaddled
- hightailed (it)
- made off
- mizzled
- gotten out
- skirred
- skipped (out)
- lit
- lighted out
- decamped
- absconded
- gotten (away)
- eloped
- scrammed
- lammed
- scatted
- got (away)
- scarpered
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- confronted
- faced
- dared
- bearded
- hung around
- remained
- stayed
- defied
- braved
- dwelt
- abode
- lingered
- stuck around
- dwelled
- abided
- tarried