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Antonyms for retreating
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ree-treet |
| Phonetic Transcription : riˈtrit |
Definition of retreating
Origin :- c.1300, "a step backward;" late 14c., "act of retiring or withdrawing; military signal for retiring from action or exercise," from Old French retret, noun use of past participle of retrere "draw back," from Latin retrahere "draw back, withdraw, call back," from re- "back" (see re-) + trahere "to draw" (see tract (n.1)). Meaning "place of seclusion" is from early 15c.; sense of "establishment for mentally ill persons" is from 1797. Meaning "period of retirement for religious self-examination" is from 1756.
- verb pull back, go away
- A blind man might have followed the trail of the retreating army.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Margaret stood in the doorway, listening to the retreating footsteps.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- "I don't think they'll keep on retreating forever, Ohio," he said.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- But Grant, as Colonel Woodville foresaw, had no idea of retreating.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- The Marquis looked that way, and listened for the retreating step of his valet.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- From this moment there was to be no possibility of retreating.
- Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
- Apparently it was retreating from something between Thad and itself.
- Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
- And his great laugh drowns the roar of the retreating train.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- On August 23, 1914, the Russians were almost on the heels of the retreating Austrians.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- From there east the Austrians were retreating into the passes of the Carpathians.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
Synonyms for retreating
- abandon
- avoid
- back
- back away
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backtrack
- beat it
- cave in
- decamp
- depart
- disengage
- draw back
- ebb
- elude
- escape
- evacuate
- evade
- fall back
- fold
- give ground
- go
- go along with
- go back
- hand over
- hide
- keep aloof
- keep apart
- lay down
- leave
- move back
- opt out
- pull out
- quail
- quit
- recede
- recoil
- reel
- regress
- relinquish
- resign
- retire
- retrocede
- retrograde
- reverse
- run
- seclude oneself
- sequester
- shrink
- start back
- turn tail
- vacate
- withdraw
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