Fall back
Fall back verb - To move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable).
Surrender
Surrender verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.
Fall back and surrender are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fall back" instead a verb "Surrender".
Nearby Words: surrendered, surrendering
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Despite heavy losses Russian forces fall back in good order from Poland to line along Dvina river and Pripyet Marshes, thereby shortening the front and also losing the 'dead weight' of ethnic-Polish forces reluctant to fight and eager to surrender.
Source: Useful Notes / World War I
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