batirse en retirada

Spanish

Verb

batirse en retirada (first-person singular present me bato en retirada, first-person singular preterite me batí en retirada, past participle batido en retirada)

1. (idiomatic, military) to withdraw
2. (idiomatic) to back out; to slip away (from doing something)

Further reading

• “batirse en retirada”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28