165 entries under retreat topic. ×

17
withdraw(verb, move, action, act, go)
15
draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, action)
13
retire(verb, move, act, go, movement)
12
recede(verb, move, action, act, go)
11
move back(verb, expression, move, action, act)
8
back out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, remove)
8
fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go)
7
retrograde(verb, move, act, go, movement)
6
give ground(verb, expression, idiom, move, go)
6
recoil(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
5
back away(verb, expression, move, go, withdraw)
5
pull out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go)
4
depart(verb, go, part, separate, remove)
4
go(verb, move, act, part, movement)
3
back(verb, move, act, go, movement)
3
back down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
demur(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, yield)
3
flinch(verb, withdraw, dodge, hesitate)
3
hesitate(verb, withdraw, pause, wait)
3
quail(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
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