Question

reread passage 2, paragraph 8: so, after my mom’s ultimatum about my sister’s softball game, i retreated to my room, throwing myself on the bed. a few minutes later, there was a soft knock at the door; my sister peered in cautiously. passage 2: “family drama” adapted from studysync 1 “you’re coming with us to watch your sister play softball, young man,” my mom warned, “or else you’re not going to the spring dance.” so unfair. she knew how desperately i wanted to go to the dance. 2 “but it’s an all - day tournament,” i whined. i didn’t want to waste another beautiful saturday squatting from the stands of a softball field. 3 “it’s the least you can do,” my mother retorted. “she attended all your tournaments back when you still cared about what matters.” 4 ever since i confessed to my parents that i didn’t want to play baseball anymore, they’ve claimed that i don’t care about things that matter. they say i’m throwing my future away and wasting my talents. all i know is that i feel like i threw away years of my life playing baseball, and i just don’t care to partake anymore. 5 last spring in my english class, i read a part from romeo and juliet aloud in class, and i really enjoyed it. i liked pretending to be someone else and feeling like i was a part of a bigger story. my teacher commented that i was good, too, and each time we read in class, i got a bigger part. by the end of the play, i got to play romeo in the final scene in the crypt. i know i wasn’t as good as many actors, but i swear, i saw a girl wipe a tear from her eye. what is the meaning of retreated as used in the text? to step forward or advance to turn around and change direction to go back or withdraw to stand still or pause

Explanation:

In the context, the narrator goes to their room after the mom's ultimatum. "Retreated" here implies going back or withdrawing from the situation.

Answer:

to go back or withdraw