📚 Retreat, verb. 🔉 /rɪˈtriːt/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (no object): Move back or withdraw. ❗️ Examples: 1. It becomes so hot that the lizards retreat into the shade. 2. The ice retreated during warmer periods called interglacials. 3. The crowd of people gasped and retreated a few steps from me, like I was a wild animal whom they thought to be dead, only to come back to life. 4. There's no pausing, save for retreating to a safer area. 5. If the water line rises far, it means a tidal wave will come and people must retreat to high ground, he said. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic