These he brought off, and made good his retreat, with the loss of only three men.

"I just hope he's got enough time left to make his retreat."

Before his trial he made a month's retreat in preparation for death.

Duncan left the door open, just in case he had to make a fast retreat.

"Is our visitor so big that we have to make a retreat?"

"They advanced too far trying to save me, and could not make a safe retreat?"

Later, the village people still make their retreat out of the jungle.

Do you think they've made a retreat and left us?

She turned and made a swift retreat toward the guest room.

He said that "on the political front, the strategy has helped make possible an orderly retreat."