What does beat a retreat mean?

beat a retreat means "depart hastily".

Is beat a retreat a common word?

beat a retreat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Beat a retreat — meaning and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
depart hastily
Broaderdepart

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What does beat a retreat mean?: beat a retreat means "depart hastily".
Is beat a retreat a common word?: beat a retreat is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for beat a retreat come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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