beat a retreat (English, verb)
expansion: beat a retreat (third-person singular simple present beats a retreat, present participle beating a retreat, simple past beat a retreat, past participle beaten a retreat)
Senses:
glosses: To leave hastily in the face of opposition.
tags: idiomatic
informal
Forms:
form: beats a retreat
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating a retreat
tags: participle
present
form: beat a retreat
tags: past
form: beaten a retreat
tags: participle
past
form: beat retreat
tags: alternative