"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Team A would score and then immediately retreat to its own end of the court.
- He retreated immediately, eyes streaming, nose running, only to meet his mother at the kitchen door.
- Both girls immediately retreated into the nearest room and closed the door with a slam.
- Merry with wine, they would immediately retreat to their chamber.
- That the man did not immediately retreat suggested the visitor was of some import.
- He was forced to retreat almost immediately, this time to Ireland.
- The three of them immediately retreated to the safety of the bank, and she followed.
- She took a step out of the shadows, then immediately retreated.
- The remark caused the general so much grief that he retreated immediately.
- Chinese air and ground forces were ordered to immediately retreat from the border.
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