187 entries under retreat topic. ×
| delay(noun, verb, restraint, hesitate) | |
| depart(verb, move, go, change, remove) | |
| double back(expression, move, change, turn, push) | |
| give ground(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| go back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go) | |
| hide(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) | |
| keep aloof(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| keep apart(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| pull out(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| reel back(expression, turn, retire, recede) | |
| revert(verb, move, act, change, turn) | |
| start back(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| step back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw) | |
| switch(verb, move, go, change, remove) | |
| turn(verb, move, change, return, twist) | |
| abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return) | |
| absent oneself(verb, expression, go, remove, leave) | |
| absention(noun, restraint, entertainment, diversion) | |
| accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| acquiesce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
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