Verb:

ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਕੰਮ ਛੱਡ ਦਿਓ, ਵਾਪਸ ਆਣਾ, ਪਿੱਛੇ ਹਟਣਾ,

beat a retreat's Usage Examples:

the tide of war turning against them, the INA leadership decided to beat a retreat before they could enter Imphal.

lost sight of them, they hastily removed the slogans on their cars and beat a retreat for the state border with Mississippi.

The Republicans had to beat a retreat and recoiled all the way to Les Ponts-de-Cé near Angers.

If overwhelmed, he will beat a retreat back to his starting point.

the village and having massacred the population, he was obliged to beat a retreat under the powerful walls of the abbey.

beat a retreat to the Piedmont.

upon the common soldiers of that great army, that they were forced to beat a retreat for want of food; at which time the king"s light horse were defeated.

Defeating two, they quickly beat a retreat to the Guerini.

The dancers stop and beat a retreat once they reach the effigy of Yudhishthira.

the area of the Basilica of San Pancrazio forced the assailants to beat a retreat.

He was obliged to beat a retreat under the powerful walls of the abbey.

He immediately beat a retreat toward Alicante, dropping off a 2,200-man all-arms brigade under Colonel.

But one day later the Prussians beat a retreat.

Synonyms:

fall back, travel, back away, go, back off, pull away, retire, move, back down, recede, locomote, draw back, retrograde, pull in one's horns, pull back, move back, crawfish, crawfish out, withdraw, back out, back up,

Antonyms:

stay in place, advance, appear, no-go, open,