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Beating Retreat Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• the activity of keeping something secret

• the state of being hidden

31%4Beating a retreat, run into swarm
verb

• be teeming, be abuzz

• move in large numbers

29%9 To retreat to a rural retreat from city life
verb

• live in the country and lead a rustic life

• send to the country

• suspend temporarily from college or university, in England

• give (stone) a rustic look

• lend a rustic character to

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