The phrase "path of retreat" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing a strategy for withdrawal or escape, often in military or metaphorical situations.
Example: "In the face of overwhelming odds, the general ordered a strategic path of retreat to ensure the safety of his troops."
Alternatives: "route of withdrawal" or "escape route."
When languages die under the pressure of a dominant tongue like Spanish, there is a familiar path of retreat.
It has invited gun owners to flirt with vigilantism by eliminating the traditional requirement to seek a path of retreat before resorting to force in self-defense cases.
Some analysts suspect, though that ICO -- even if it manages to become profitable -- will be less a steppingstone than a path of retreat for Mr. McCaw from his intentions to launch and operate a full-scale Teledesic network.
He said that I am for a path of "retreat and failure".
Originally intended as a means of funneling troops into fire lines and denying the enemy access to paths of retreat or advance, the passage of time has revealed that they are enduring weapons with the power to hold land hostage from local peoples and maim and kill innocents in a war of attrition long after a conflict has passed.
But the Fifth Republic now faced a long-debated test: Could the system function when parliament and president were at odds? Mitterrand sidestepped the dilemma by choosing the path of prudent retreat.
But the path of purist retreat prevents even the chance of our efforts succeeding, whether for now or down the line.
Under such a scenario, Iran may adopt the path of "strategic retreat" and decide to make significant concessions on the nuclear front and still claim a victory.
Although he commanded a numerically inferior force and needed all the men he could muster, he nevertheless had the confidence and foresight to dispatch a cavalry regiment the night before his assault to seal off a critical path of the retreat he anticipated for the enemy army.
The GLK, meant to evoke the boxy G-Class S.U.V., looks to me as if it were left in the path of a retreating glacier.
You can trace the path of the retreating Ukrainian Army by the trail of destroyed Lenins in their wake.
