(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
glare or strike with great intensity
a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
