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Turn tail

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  1. 1
    To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee. idiomatic

    "A box-lobby lion or a Regent-street animal . . . will never bite, and, if you offer to attack him manfully, will fairly turn tail and sneak off."

  2. 2
    flee; take to one's heels; cut and run wordnet

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