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beating a hasty retreat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.20 in modern English

Syllables
beat-ing a hasty re-treat
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of beat a hasty retreat

Questions

What does beating a hasty retreat mean?
present participle and gerund of beat a hasty retreat

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