HyperDic: pull_in_one[s_horns

English > 1 sense of the expression *pull in one's horns*:
VERB	communication	pull in one's horns, retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, withdraw	make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

English > *pull in one's horns*: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaning	make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, withdraw
Similar to	withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move back	pull back or move away or backward
Spanish	recular, retirarse, retirar, suprimir
Catalan	recular, retirar-se, retirar, suprimir