- He backed out of his earlier promise.
- The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns.
- the disorderly retreat of French troops.
- The enemy withdrew.
- The glacier retrogrades.
- The limo pulled away from the curb.
- The Pope retreats to Castelgondolfo every summer.
- the religious retreat is a form of vacation activity.
- We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him.