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turn tail

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[turn tail] {v. phr.}, {informal} To run away from trouble or danger.

* /When the bully saw my big brother, he turned tail and ran./

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	{informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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