All retire synonyms
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R r 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.