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retreat

In a military action, a rearward movement of forces in response to enemy pressure. Unlike a withdrawal, a retreat involves loss of initiative.



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He then went to the Beasts, but soon had to beat a retreat, or else they would have torn him to pieces.
Every advance on his part was accompanied by a corresponding retreat on her part.
THE BLACKFEET WARRIORS, when they effected their midnight retreat from their wild fastness in Pierre's Hole, fell back into the valley of the Seeds-ke-dee, or Green River where they joined the main body of their band.
 
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