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Dictionary French ← English: retreat

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NOUN	a retreat \| retreats	edit
VERB	to retreat \| retreated \| retreated ... retreating \| retreats	edit
SYNO	to retreat \| to retrograde \| retirement ...
to retreat \| to retrograde retirement \| retreat hideaway \| retreat to draw back \| to move back \| to pull away \| to pull back \| to recede \| to retire \| to retreat \| to withdraw to back away \| to back out \| to crawfish \| to crawfish out \| to pull back \| to pull in one's horns \| to retreat \| to withdraw © Princeton University

se retirer [glacier]

to retreat

mil. se retirer sur ses arrières

to retreat

Nouns

mil. repli {m}

retreat

mil. retraite {f}

retreat

refuge {m} [abri]

retreat [haven]

havre {m} de paix

retreat [haven]

2 Words: Verbs

mil. se replier

to beat retreat

s'enfermer dans qc.

to retreat into sth.

2 Words: Nouns

alpin. écol. hydro. recul {m} des glaciers

glacial retreat

mil. retraite {f} en bon ordre

orderly retreat

3 Words: Others

mil. en pleine retraite {adv}

in full retreat

3 Words: Verbs

mil. battre en retraite

to (beat a) retreat

relig. être en retraite

to be in retreat

se faire la paire [loc.]

to beat a retreat [idiom]

prendre la clé des champs [loc.]

to beat a retreat [idiom]

mil. battre la retraite

to beat the retreat

mil. se retirer dans le désordre

to retreat in disorder

se murer dans la solitude

to retreat into isolation

s'enfermer dans le silence

to retreat into silence

se cloîtrer dans le silence

to retreat into silence

se réfugier dans le silence

to retreat into silence

s'emmurer dans le silence [loc.]

to retreat into silence [idiom]

mil. sonner la retraite

to sound the retreat

3 Words: Nouns

alpin. écol. hydro. recul {m} des glaciers

retreat of glaciers

4 Words: Verbs

se défiler [fam.]

to beat a (hasty) retreat [fig.]

mettre les bouts [loc.]

to beat a (hasty) retreat [fig.]

prendre la poudre d'escampette [loc.]

to beat a (hasty) retreat [fig.]

battre en retraite [fig.]

to beat a hasty retreat

battre en retraite précipitamment

to beat a hasty retreat

se renfermer dans sa coquille [fig.]

to retreat into one's shell [fig.]

se claustrer dans le mutisme [fig.]

to retreat into stubborn silence [fig.]

5+ Words: Verbs

mil. reculer devant l'ennemi

to retreat in the face of the enemy

psych. se réfugier dans un monde imaginaire

to retreat into a dream world

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