beat a retreat

短语

撤退, 放弃

词形变化

beats a retreat 三单 beating a retreat 现在分词 beaten a retreat 过去式 beaten a retreat 过去分词

别名

beat retreat

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To leave hastily in the face of opposition.

    习语 非正式

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

quit depart take leave

词源

See beat (“to signal beating a drum”).

来源：wiktionary