beat+a+retreat
91Avoidance — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of pursuit. < N PARAG:Avoidance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 abstention abstention abstinence Sgm: N 1 for bearance for bearance Sgm: N 1 refraining refraining &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 inaction inaction &c. 681 …
92exit — Synonyms and related words: AWOL, French leave, abandonment, absence without leave, absquatulation, access, adit, aisle, alley, ambulatory, annihilation, aperture, arcade, artery, avenue, bane, be consumed, be getting along, be gone, beat a… …
93Regression — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion backwards. < N PARAG:Regression >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 regress regress regression Sgm: N 1 retrocession retrocession retrogression retrograduation retroaction Sgm: N 1 reculade reculade Sgm: N 1 retreat …
94fall back — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. retreat; reserve, backup. See escape, regression, substitution. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. yield, recede, withdraw, give way; see retreat 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To move back in the face …
95retire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. withdraw, retreat, leave, resign, rusticate, lie low, keep aloof; put out [to pasture]; go to bed. See seclusion, departure, recession, resignation, repose. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To draw away] Syn.… …
96withdraw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. remove, separate, subduct; retire, retreat, disengage, draw off; abstract, subtract; recall, rescind, recant; resign, relinquish; abdicate, decamp, depart; shrink, recoil, drop out, back out. See… …
97pull — Synonyms and related words: abandon, accomplish, adduct, adduction, affinity, allure, allurement, amperage, appeal, apprehend, armipotence, arrest, arrive, assume, attack, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, authority …
98pull back — Synonyms and related words: about the bush, abrupt, alienate, avoid, back down, back out, backslide, balance, beat a retreat, beat around, beg the question, blench, blink, boggle, cast off, cast out, cock, cringe, cut adrift, cut off, cut out,… …
99quit — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, abscond, acquit, act, atone, back out, be pensioned, be superannuated, bear, beat a retreat, beat it, beg off, belay, blow, bow out, cancel, carry, cease, chuck, clear, clear of, clear …
100draw back — I retreat, cower (see fear, escape). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. withdraw, recede, draw in; see retreat 1 , 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To move back in the face of enemy attack or after a defeat: fall back, pull back, pull out, retire,… …
