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7. Read the excerpt below from "Popularity." What does the word "retreat" mean

in the context of the sentence? Explain your answer. (RL.6.4)

And as I stood on that playground, torn between fear and ambition, those twenty yards

began to recede from view, and I knew that I must either step forward now, or retreat

forever to a life of bitter companions and three-leaf clovers.

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