We found 16 dictionaries that define the word beat a retreat:

General (12 matching dictionaries)

1. beat a retreat: Merriam-Webster
2. beat a retreat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
3. beat a retreat: Collins English Dictionary
4. beat a retreat: Vocabulary.com
5. beat a retreat: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
6. beat a retreat: Wiktionary
7. beat a retreat: Dictionary.com
8. beat a retreat: Rhymezone
9. beat a retreat: FreeDictionary.org
10. beat a retreat: Mnemonic Dictionary
11. beat a retreat: TheFreeDictionary.com
12. beat a retreat: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

13. beat a retreat: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

14. beat a retreat: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

15. beat a retreat: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

16. beat a retreat: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (beat a retreat) ▸ verb:  (informal) To leave hastily in the face of opposition. Similar: beat a hasty retreat, retreat, beat it, rout, shrink back, pull back, fall back, cut and run, bug out, run off, more... Opposite: advance, charge, push forward, move ahead Types: fall back, withdraw, recede, pull back, more... Phrases: beat a hasty retreat, more... ▸ Words similar to beat a retreat ▸ Usage examples for beat a retreat ▸ Idioms related to beat a retreat ▸ Wikipedia articles (New!) ▸ Words that often appear near beat a retreat ▸ Rhymes of beat a retreat ▸ Invented words related to beat a retreat