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retreat  (retreats plural & 3rd person present) (retreating present participle) (retreated past tense & past participle )
1  verb If you retreat, you move away from something or someone. 
`I've already got a job,' I said quickly, and retreated from the room...  V prep, Also V 
2  verb When an army retreats, it moves away from enemy forces in order to avoid fighting them. 
The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced to retreat...  V 
  Retreat is also a noun., n-var 
In June 1942, the British 8th Army was in full retreat.  
3  verb If you retreat from something such as a plan or a way of life, you give it up, usually in order to do something safer or less extreme. 
I believe people should live in houses that allow them to retreat from the harsh realities of life...  V from/into n 
  Retreat is also a noun., n-var usu N from/into n 
The President's remarks appear to signal that there will be no retreat from his position...  
4  n-count A retreat is a quiet, isolated place that you go to in order to rest or to do things in private. 
oft supp N 
He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.  
5 If you beat a retreat, you leave a place quickly in order to avoid an embarrassing or dangerous situation. 
♦ beat a retreat  phrase V inflects 
Cockburn decided it was time to beat a hasty retreat.  



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