turn+tail
11turn tail — {v. phr.}, {informal} To run away from trouble or danger. * /When the bully saw my big brother, he turned tail and ran./ …
12turn tail — {v. phr.}, {informal} To run away from trouble or danger. * /When the bully saw my big brother, he turned tail and ran./ …
13turn\ tail — v. phr. informal To run away from trouble or danger. When the bully saw my big brother, he turned tail and ran …
14turn tail — run away from trouble or danger The young boys turned tail when the farmer began to chase them from the field …
15turn tail — I was so shocked, I just turned tail Syn: run away, flee, bolt, make off, take to one s heels, cut and run, beat a (hasty) retreat; informal scram, skedaddle, vamoose …
16To turn tail — Tail Tail, n. [AS. t[ae]gel, t[ae]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. [1913 Webster] Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles… …
17To turn tail — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …
18turn tail — (Colloq.) Flee, run away, make off, cut and run, retreat ignominiously …
19turn tail — to run away from a dangerous situation …
20turn tail — idi to run away from difficulty, opposition, etc.; flee …