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She had already started to retreat into eating when she felt upset.
In the sentence above what does the expression "retreat into eating" mean?
(It's a sentence from a dictionary.)
Does it mean she didn't feel like eating anymore?
She had already started to retreat into eating when she felt upset.
In the sentence above what does the expression "retreat into eating" mean?
(It's a sentence from a dictionary.)
Does it mean she didn't feel like eating anymore?
In the sentence above what does the expression "retreat into eating" mean?
(It's a sentence from a dictionary.)
Does it mean she didn't feel like eating anymore?
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7 Jul 2017
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When she felt upset, she looked for something that made her feel better. She backed away (retreated) from her troubles by eating, because eating made her feel good. This is a common use of retreat, meaning to pull yourself away from something unpleasant by making a false happy place that you can go to.
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When she felt upset, she looked for something that made her feel better. She backed away (retreated) from her troubles by eating, because eating made her feel good. This is a common use of retreat, meaning to pull yourself away from something unpleasant by making a false happy place that you can go to.
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