Betekenis van retreated In het Nederlands

• 0 past simple and past participle of retreat

• 1 to go away from a place or person in order to escape from fighting or danger:

  • Attacks by enemy aircraft forced the tanks to retreat (from the city).

  • When she came towards me shouting, I retreated (behind my desk).

  • When he's done something wrong, he retreats to his bedroom.

• 2 to decide not to do something, or to stop believing something, because it causes too many problems:

  • The government is retreating from its promises.

• 3 If a price retreats, it goes down after it has gone up:

  • Wheat prices retreated after a two-day increase.