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beat a retreat: depart hastily

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give ground collapse

abscond collapse: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

bow out collapse: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

draw back collapse

vanish collapse: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"; cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished"; become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"

back out collapse: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway"

back down collapse

hegira collapse: the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year

fall back collapse: retreat; fall backwards and down; have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"

evacuate collapse: excrete or discharge from the body; empty completely; "evacuate the bottle"; create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel); move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated"; move people from their homes or country

jump bail collapse

elope collapse: run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas"

go back collapse: belong to an earlier time; "This story dates back 200 years"

absquatulate collapse

run away collapse: escape from the control of; "Industry is running away with us all"

quit collapse

vacate collapse: leave behind empty; move out of; "You must vacate your office by tonight"; leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds"

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

outfight collapse: to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"

disengage collapse: become free; "in neutral, the gears disengage"; release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"

disappear collapse: get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"

turn tail collapse

decamp collapse: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"; leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"

run off collapse: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff; leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

thrum collapse: a thrumming sound; "he could hear the thrum of a banjo"

sidestep collapse: a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

hem and haw collapse: utter `hems' and `haws'; indicated hesitation; "He hemmed and hawed when asked to address the crowd"

outclass collapse: cause to appear in a lower class; "The Yankees outclassed Cincinnati"

clear out collapse: move out and leave nothing behind

beat around the bush collapse: be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

sheer off collapse

pulsate collapse: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it"; move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the city pulsated with music and excitement"

outshine collapse: attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality"; shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?"

flee collapse: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

get the better of collapse: win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

outdo collapse: get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"

downbeat collapse: the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)

fallback collapse

struggle against collapse

receding collapse: the act of becoming more distant; a slow or gradual disappearance; moving toward a position farther from the front; "the receding glaciers of the last ice age"; "retiring fogs revealed the rocky coastline"

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