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Write the meaning of the following idioms and use each of them in sentence of your own .( To beat a retreat)
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Write the meaning of the following idioms and use each of them in sentence of your own .( To beat a retreat)

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It basically means "To leave hastily in the face of danger or opposition." for example: "When they saw the police coming, they beat a retreat."
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