دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی beat a retreat )

beat a retreat

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English Dictionary

beat a (hasty) retreat
to leave somewhere or stop doing something very quickly, in order to avoid a bad situation

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Idioms

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beat a retreat
beat a (hasty) retreat
to quickly leave.

When the cold grows overwhelming, visitors can beat a retreat to Joe Mulligan's warm bar and restaurant.

Etymology: based on the military meaning of beat a retreat (= to drum a signal to soldiers that they are to move back from a fight, usually one they have lost)
to leave a place because it is dangerous or unpleasant.

When the cold grows overwhelming, visitors can beat a retreat to Joe Mulligan's warm saloon.

When we saw the police arriving we beat a hasty retreat.

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beat a retreat
v. phr.
1. To give a signal, esp. by beating a drum, to go back.
The Redcoats' drums were beating a retreat.
2. To run away.
They beat a retreat when they saw that they were too few.
The cat beat a hasty retreat when he saw the dog coming.
Compare: BACK DOWN, FALL BACK.

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