Beating a hasty retreat
Synonyms for beating a hasty retreat
verb run away to escape
fly
jump
take off
depart
get
leave
vanish
desert
retreat
blow
elude
skedaddle
abscond
skip
avoid
scoot
evade
break
scamper
hotfoot
decamp
bolt
scram
vamoose
split
cut out
make off
beat a hasty retreat
cut and run
fly the coop
get away
get the hell out
make a getaway
make oneself scarce
make quick exit
make tracks
step on it
step on the gas
take a hike
take flight
make one’s escape
Antonyms for beating a hasty retreat
wait
dawdle
face
stay
arrive
come
continue
meet
take on
join
stand
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