Also means
fold (terrain)
Usage Note
Repli primarily means a military or strategic withdrawal, as in un repli tactique (a tactical retreat). It also denotes a fold, crease, or hollow in terrain. In financial French, un repli des marchés signals a market pullback or dip. The verb se replier (to fall back, to retreat) is its direct cognate.
Examples
"L'armée a effectué un repli stratégique."
Natural Translation
The army carried out a strategic withdrawal.
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