RETREAT
NOUNS
1000 — HULSTER a hiding place, a retreat → Eng. dial.
1000 — NEST a lodging, shelter, home, bed, etc., esp. of a secluded or comfortable nature; a snug retreat
1384 — STRONGHOLD a place strongly fortified against attack; a secure place of refuge or retreat
1616 — SUBTERFUGE a place to which a person escapes; a retreat, refuge → obs.
1706 — SANCTUM SANCTORUM a person’s private retreat, where he is free from intrusion
1828 — BACK-OUT cowardice; a disposition to retreat from an opponent → Amer. dial.
1902 — SHAB OUT a cowardly retreat → Amer. dial.
1939 — HIDEY-HOLE a hiding place, a retreat, a refuge; a small place to put or hide things away → Amer. dial.
.M20 — HIDEAWAY a place of concealment or retreat
.M20 — SHANGRI-LA an unearthly paradise; a place of retreat from the worries of modern civilization
1957 — BUG-OUT any hasty retreat → US sl.
1957 — REAR EXIT a retreat or flight from danger → US sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
1860 — CRAWFISH a person who retreats from or backs out of a position; a political renegade or turncoat → US colloq.
VERBS
1375 — WANDIS to recoil, to retreat, to give way → Sc. obs.
1400 — GO BACKWARD to recede, to retreat; to relapse, to backslide → obs.
1425 — RUSE to give way, to retreat → obs.
1575 — TURN TAIL to run away, to retreat
1582 — KENNEL to put in a place of retreat or confinement
1598 — BETAKE ONESELF TO ONE’S HEELS to retreat in flight, to run away
1667 — RECULE to recoil, to retreat, to revert → Sc. obs.
1724 — TAKE THE BACK TRACK to return or retreat → US
..E19 — BACK OUT to retreat → sl.
1844 — BACK WATER to retreat, to withdraw, as from an argument or position → Amer. dial.
1853 — TAKE WATER to retreat, to back down, to take refuge; to retract a statement → Amer. dial.
1896 — SCALE — SKAIL to depart from a place; to go off, to retreat → Sc.
..20C — BACK UP to go away, to retreat; to stop talking → sl.
..20C — BOW OUT to retreat or withdraw; to resign → sl.
1902 — TAKE BACKWATER to change course; to reverse one’s position; to retreat → Amer. dial.
1935 — DINGO to retreat, to back out; to act in a cowardly or treacherous manner → Aust. sl.
1942 — DO A DUNKIRK to retreat, back away, or be forced to withdraw, esp. in order or avoid disaster
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