Synonym: fall back, retire, reverse, withdraw. Antonym: advance. Similar words: get ready, treaty, entreat, treatment, stretch, stretch out, stream, streak. Meaning: [rɪ'trɪːt] 
n. 1. (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat 2. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet 3. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position 4. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset 5. an area where you can be alone 6. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation. v. 1. pull back or move away or backward 2. move away, as for privacy 3. move back 4. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
n. 1. (military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat 2. a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet 3. (military) a signal to begin a withdrawal from a dangerous position 4. (military) a bugle call signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset 5. an area where you can be alone 6. withdrawal for prayer and study and meditation. v. 1. pull back or move away or backward 2. move away, as for privacy 3. move back 4. make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity. 
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31. He commanded his men to retreat.
32. The bugler sounded the retreat .
33. He took part in the retreat from Paris.
34. Fire fighters had to retreat from the fierce heat.
35. I spent three weeks on retreat in Scotland.
36. Our troops cut off the enemy's retreat.
37. He lives in a quiet retreat.
38. The army was in full retreat .
39. They spent a week in retreat.
40. The general ordered the bugler to sound the retreat.
41. The army was ordered to retreat.
42. He spent yesterday hidden away in his country retreat.
43. Is watching television a retreat from reality?
44. She plans to use it as a winter retreat.
45. The rebel forces are in full retreat .
46. The captain instructed the soldiers to retreat.
47. I believe people should live in houses that allow them to retreat from the harsh realities of life.
48. It was not a conscious choice to retreat from public life.
49. Cockburn decided it was time to beat a hasty retreat.
50. We saw the rain and made a hasty retreat into the bar.
51. In June 1942,[Sentencedict.com](www.Sentencedict.com) the British 8th Army was in full retreat.
52. The minister made an undignified retreat from his earlier position.
53. The bugle tooted retreat.
54. Shell Cottage provides the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of London.
55. She goes on a spiritual retreat for two weeks every summer.
56. Ten thousand years ago the ice began its retreat from Scotland.
57. She likes to retreat to the country to relax at the weekend.
58. He told them not to retreat in the face of opposition from the public.
59. He could not retreat from his responsibility in this accident.
60. The Senator made an embarrassing retreat from his earlier position.
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