beat+a+retreat

  • 111abandon — Synonyms and related words: abandonment, abjection, abjure, abort, abscond, acknowledge defeat, ardency, ardor, back out, beat a retreat, beg a truce, beg off, belay, boundlessness, bow out, break the habit, brush aside, brush off, cancel,… …

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  • 112abscond — Synonyms and related words: abandon, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, bow out, break, bunk, clear out, cut and run, decamp, depart, desert, disappear, elope, evacuate, flee, fly, fugitate, go, go AWOL, jump, jump bail, leave, levant, make off …

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  • 113back down — Synonyms and related words: abjure, back off, back out, backpedal, backtrack, backwater, balance, balk, beat a retreat, beg off, break off combat, cave in, cease resistance, climb down, crawfish out, cry off, debate, deliberate, demur, deny,… …

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  • 114back out — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, back down, backpedal, backwater, beat a retreat, beg off, boggle, chicken, chicken out, climb down, crawfish out, cry off, deny, depart from, desert under fire, disavow, discard, disclaim, disengage,… …

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  • 115bolt — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, Irish confetti, Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, abscond, absence without leave, absquatulate, absquatulation, apostacize, apostasy, apostatize, arrow, arrowhead, articulate, assort, attach, backsliding, bale …

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  • 116bow out — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abscond, beat a retreat, bundle, bundle off, depart, disappear, dismiss, duck out, egress, escape, evacuate, exit, get out, give the air, give the gate, go on furlough, go on leave, go out, hustle out, leave… …

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  • 117disappear — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abscond, be all over, be annihilated, be consumed, be destroyed, be done for, be gone, be incognito, be no more, be past, be unseen, be wiped out, beat a retreat, become extinct, blush unseen, bow out, burrow …

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  • 118disengage — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, abstract, alienate, back down, back out, beat a retreat, break loose, break out, break with, cast off, cast out, clear, cut adrift, cut loose, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, detach, disarticulate, disburden …

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  • 119draw back — Synonyms and related words: avoid, back down, back out, beat a retreat, blench, blink, cringe, discount, disengage, dodge, draw in, draw off, duck, evade, fade, fall back, flinch, funk, give ground, give place, go back, hang back, jib, knock off …

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  • 120evacuate — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abscond, back out, beat a retreat, beg off, blow, blow out, bow out, breathe out, ca ca, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, crap, cry off, defecate, depart from, deplete,… …

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