Crossword clues for turn tail
turn tail
Wiktionary
vb. (context idiomatic English) To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for run away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee.
WordNet
v. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: run, scarper, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away]
Usage examples of "turn tail".
No true warrior of Tana's battle-company would turn tail and flee the Foe!
If he was going to flee, he must turn tail soon, before the Jamaillians could close their net.
He had come all this way for vengeance, only to turn tail and run at the sight of Sunflash.
Some would follow their leader blindly, others would turn tail - or even change sides - if the battle proved too lard and too bloody.
Not to turn tail and run, not to throw out angry words or drive him off the land.
She had only to wait until the dragonfear, which she knew how to wield better than any other dragon who had ever existed on Krynn, caused these pitiful, lesser dragons to blanch and break, turn tail and flee.
Even if they're starting to think in terms of giving up real estate, the cats aren't likely to just quietly turn tail and run That wouldn't fit into their system of honor, would it, Colonel?
For a moment I hesitated, frozen with surprise that any warrior would turn tail in so craven a fashion.