89 entries under retreat topic. ×

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run(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
5
escape(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
5
skedaddle(verb, run, turn)
4
decamp(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
3
depart(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
3
turn around(verb, expression, phrasal verb, run, turn)
3
withdraw(verb, go, leave, abandon, back)
2
back(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
back out(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
2
beat it(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
2
fall back(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
2
retire(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
turn(recoil, recede)
1
abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
1
avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
1
back away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
1
back down(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
1
back off(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
1
back up(verb, expression, withdraw, return)
1
backtrack(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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APASmart Define. (2015). turn tail thesaurus. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/turn_tail/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2015. "turn tail thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/turn_tail/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 20, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2015, turn tail thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 20 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/turn_tail/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "turn tail thesaurus" 10 April 2015. Web. 20 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/turn_tail/thesaurus/synonyms>