regroup

regroup
   to fail to advance
   Through apprehension, inexperience, or cowardice:
    ... instead of thrusting with all speed inland, they had walked around the beachheads, preparing to be attacked by a ferocious enemy and 'regrouping' — that popular British army expression so often to be found masking fatal inactivity. (Home, 1994, writing about the Normandy landings)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Regroup — redirects here. For other uses, see Regroup (disambiguation). Regroup Type Private Industry Internet Computer software Founded Palo Alto, California …   Wikipedia

  • regroup — UK US /ˌriːˈɡruːp/ verb [I or T] ► MANAGEMENT to change the structure of an organization or a group of people to make it more successful, especially when there have been problems: »It was a financial setback that forced them to regroup. »They… …   Financial and business terms

  • regroup — index redistribute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • regroup — (v.) also re group, 1885, from RE (Cf. re ) again + GROUP (Cf. group) (v.). Related: Regrouped; regrouping …   Etymology dictionary

  • regroup — ► VERB ▪ reassemble into organized groups, typically after being attacked or defeated. DERIVATIVES regroupment noun …   English terms dictionary

  • regroup — [rē gro͞op′] vt. to group again; reassemble or reorganize vi. 1. to reassemble or reorganize, as troops after a battle 2. to collect oneself, as after a loss or setback …   English World dictionary

  • regroup — UK [riːˈɡruːp] / US [ˌrɪˈɡrup] verb Word forms regroup : present tense I/you/we/they regroup he/she/it regroups present participle regrouping past tense regrouped past participle regrouped 1) [intransitive] mainly journalism to prepare to make a… …   English dictionary

  • regroup — Date: 1885 transitive verb to form into a new grouping < in order to subtract 129 from 531 regroup 531 into 5 hundreds, 2 tens, and 11 ones > < regroup military forces > intransitive verb 1. to reorganize (as after a setback) for renewed activity …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • regroup — re|group [ˌri:ˈgru:p] v 1.) [I and T] to form a group again in order to be more effective, or to make people do this ▪ The Allies regrouped and launched a new attack. ▪ The Russians retreated, needing to regroup their forces. 2.) [i]AmE to stop… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • regroup — re|group [ ,ri grup ] verb 1. ) intransitive MAINLY JOURNALISM to prepare to make a new attempt to achieve something after having failed or been stopped: After such a massive election defeat, the party was forced to regroup. 2. ) intransitive or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • regroup — [[t]ri͟ːgru͟ːp[/t]] regroups, regrouping, regrouped V ERG When people, especially soldiers, regroup, or when someone regroups them, they form an organized group again, in order to continue fighting. Now the rebel army has regrouped and… …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”