beat a hasty retreat
Speech parts
1. beat a hasty retreat - Verb
2. beat a hasty retreat - Phrase
Meaning
beat a hasty retreat (third-person singular simple present beats a hasty retreat, present participle beating a hasty retreat, simple past beat a hasty retreat, past participle beaten a hasty retreat)
To leave as quickly as possible.
Synonyms
levant
scram
decamp
take-off
take flight
abscond
skedaddle
break out
run away
fall back
run off
clear out
make off
vamoose
break loose
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