will have been retreating

• future perfect progressive

  future perfect progressive

  Used to describe a continuous action that will progress up until a designated point of completion in the future.

  of retreat.
  retreat

  noun

  the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.

Related Words

• abandon
• back down
• back off
• backtrack
• depart
• escape
• evacuate
• fall back
• go
• go back
• hide
• leave
• pull out
• recede
• reel
• retire
• reverse
• shrink
• withdraw