retreat

1. (intransitive)To withdraw from a position, go back.

   move back

2. To withdraw from a position, go back.

   (intransitive)To withdraw military forces.

   The general refused to order his soldiers to retreat, despite being vastly outnumbered.

   sich zurückziehen, abziehen

   отступа́тьotstupátʹ, отступи́тьotstupítʹ, ретирова́тьсяretirovátʹsja

   відступа́тиvidstupáty, відступи́тиvidstupýty

3. (intransitive)To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures. (of a glacier)

4. (intransitive)To slope back.

   a retreating forehead

   pull back or move away or backward

1. Tom wasn't planning to retreat.

   Том не планував відступати. — deniko

   ruТом не планировал отступать. — odexed

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2. We were retreating.

   Ми відступали. — deniko

   ruМы отступали. — odexed

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3. They had no alternative but to retreat.

   ruУ них не было выбора, а только отступление. — joulin

   deIhnen blieb nur der Rückzug. — Yorwba

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4. I was uncertain whether to advance or to retreat.

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5. The leader ordered the troops to retreat.

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