retire
/ɹiˈtaɪɚ/ verb C2- To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.
He/she/it retires · Past retired · Past participle retired · -ing form retiring
Verb forms
- Base form
- retire
- He/she/it
- retires
- Past
- retired
- Past participle
- retired
- -ing form
- retiring
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“—change lobsters, and retire in same order,” continued the Gryphon.
Then when you hear him retire for the night, you must open the shutters of your window, undo the hasp, put your lamp there as a signal to us, and then withdraw quietly with everything which you are likely to want into the room which you used to occupy.
When any of these nondescript individuals put in an appearance, Sherlock Holmes used to beg for the use of the sitting-room, and I would retire to my bed-room.
We talked little, and I for one was glad when the meal was over and we were able to retire into the modern billiard-room and smoke a cigarette.
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