beat a (hasty) retreat

to quickly leave.

When the cold grows overwhelming, visitors can beat a retreat to Joe Mulligan's warm bar and restaurant.

Etymology: based on the military meaning of beat a retreat (= to drum a signal to soldiers that they are to move back from a fight, usually one they have lost)

• talk something over
• talk the same language
• talk the talk
• talk through
• talk through something
• talk tough
• talk turkey
• talk up
• talk up a storm
• talk up something
• talk way
• talk way somewhere
• talk your way
• talk your way somewhere
• talk you through
• talk you through something
• tall story
• tall tale
• tangled up with
• tangled up with someone
• tangled up with something
• tangled web
• tangle with
• tangle with someone
• tangle with something