Collocations for "retreat"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "retreat" in context.
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retreat
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [mountain, woodland, rural, bay-side] retreat
- stay at a [mountain] retreat
- spent the weekend at a [mountain] retreat
- a [yoga, nudist] retreat
- a [weekend, spiritual, peaceful, stunning] retreat
- go on retreat once a [season, year]
- made a [hasty, sudden, speedy, quick] retreat
- the [soldiers, troops, enemy] made a retreat
- was [killed, injured] in the retreat
- the [army, enemy] is in retreat
- forced into a retreat
- made her retreat [upstairs, to the porch]
- made a retreat from their [stance, position, threat]
- a rapid retreat in [share, stock] prices
- retreat [quickly, slowly, cautiously]
- retreat in [defeat, disappointment]
- the [troops, enemy, tanks] retreated
- the [troops] were forced to retreat
- retreat [back, home, south]
- retreat (back) across the [field, river]
- retreat (back) down
- retreat (back) into
- retreat from [the room, the garage, politics]
- retreat behind the [trees, buildings, barrier]
- retreat to [the country, her house, London]
- retreat en masse
'retreat' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):