Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.
1 We came all the way across town to turn tail and run?
2 But he couldn't very well turn tail and bolt off the poop.
3 Half the children, upon seeing their leader turn tail and flee, followed suit.
4 Fala expected Kahg to turn tail and run, try to gain sky room.
5 He could not turn tail in the face of such an exalted opinion.
6 Would they turn tail as soon as they saw the devastation?
7 In such cases, I have seen first one turn tail , then the other.
8 There was only one conceivable reason this lone Covenant destroyer would turn tail .
9 For the Muslim army will then turn tail and take refuge in flight.'
10 Nothing like an earsplitting alarm to get them to turn tail and run.
11 If the detectors show anything funny, we turn tail and run.
12 Rory was going to turn tail , but then he recognized Flann.
13 I hollered at him, expectin' to see him turn tail like chain lightning.
14 No, by George, I'll not turn tail at the first sign of danger.
15 He didn't turn tail and run, as Turkey Proudfoot had hoped he would.
16 So long as I don't turn tail and run from him, all's well.
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