retreating

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Definition

verb. to move back or away as from something difficult dangerous or disagreeable; an act of moving away especially from something difficult or dangerous

Example Sentence

The soldiers were retreating at the end of the war.

Synonyms

withdraw; back away; fall back

Antonyms

advance

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retreating
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Rhymes

  • beating
  • cheating
  • eating
  • fleeting
  • geeting
  • greeting
  • heating
  • keating
  • meeting
  • meting
  • seating
  • sheeting
  • smeeting
  • sweeting
  • treating
  • wieting

  • competing
  • completing
  • defeating
  • deleting
  • depleting
  • mistreating
  • repeating
  • retreating
  • unseating

  • overeating