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All retire synonyms

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verb retire

  • lying down β€” to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • downing β€” a downward movement; descent.
  • fall away β€” to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
  • furloughed β€” Simple past tense and past participle of furlough.
  • demobilize β€” If a country or armed force demobilizes its troops, or if its troops demobilize, its troops are released from service and allowed to go home.
  • catch some z's β€” (Idiomatic) To sleep.
  • offing β€” the state or fact of being off.
  • come again β€” Some people say 'Come again?' when they want you to repeat what you have just said.
  • hit the trail β€” (Idiomatic) To leave or depart.
  • go forth β€” military: set out
  • make away β€” to depart in haste
  • go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • call it quits β€” to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even
  • let out β€” (of fur) processed by cutting parallel diagonal slashes into the pelt and sewing the slashed edges together to lengthen the pelt and to improve the appearance of the fur.
  • absenting β€” not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
  • kited β€” a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
  • depart β€” When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
  • ease off β€” freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • go south β€” fail, go bad
  • give β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • downed β€” from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
  • flinch β€” to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
  • fade away β€” to lose brightness or vividness of color.
  • disfrock β€” to unfrock.
  • absents β€” not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
  • kiting β€” a light frame covered with some thin material, to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string.
  • zzz β€” Implies that a particular character is asleep.
  • give up β€” the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • cut and run β€” to make a rapid escape
  • decommission β€” When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
  • give over β€” to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • get away β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • closeting β€” Present participle of closet.
  • outs β€” away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
  • closeted β€” If you are closeted with someone, you are talking privately to them.
  • die off β€” a sudden, natural perishing of large numbers of a species, population, or community.
  • give notice β€” warn, inform
  • let go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • drowse β€” to be sleepy or half-asleep.
  • back β€” If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
  • defrock β€” If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour.
  • defrocked β€” Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.
  • abdicate β€” If a king or queen abdicates, he or she gives up being king or queen.
  • leave holding the bag β€” a container or receptacle of leather, plastic, cloth, paper, etc., capable of being closed at the mouth; pouch.
  • die out β€” If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
  • dismiss β€” to direct (an assembly of persons) to disperse or go: I dismissed the class early.
  • disemploy β€” to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
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