beats a retreat
phrase
as in retreats
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening Seeing that they were hopelessly outnumbered, the troops beat a retreat. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- retreats
- flies
- flees
- bolts
- runs
- runs off
- runs away
- turns tail
- escapes
- beats it
- bugs out
- breaks
- makes tracks
- hightails (it)
- lights out
- gets out
- skedaddles
- skirrs
- makes off
- clears out
- mizzles
- skips (out)
- absconds
- decamps
- lams
- scats
- scrams
- elopes
- gets (away)
- scarpers
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- confronts
- faces
- beards
- dares
- defies
- braves
- remains
- stays
- hangs around
- dwells
- sticks around
- lingers
- abides
- tarries
- counter-reformer
- counter-reformers
- counter-reforms
- counter-response
- counter-responses
- counter-retaliation
- counter-retaliations
- counter-shot
- counter-shots
- counter-sniper
- counter-snipers
- counter-spell
- counter-spells
- counter-state
- counter-statement
- counter-statements
- counter-step
- counter-steps
- counter-strategies
- counter-strategist
- counter-strategists
- counter-strategy
- counter-stream
- counter-streams
- counter-strike