HyperDic: pull_in_one[s_horns

English > 1 sense of the expression pull in one's horns:
VERBcommunicationpull in one's horns, retreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, withdrawmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity
English > pull in one's horns: 1 sense > verb 1, communication
Meaningmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity.
PatternSomebody ----s
Synonymsretreat, pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish out, withdraw
Similar towithdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, retire, move backpull back or move away or backward
Spanishrecular, retirarse, retirar, suprimir
Catalanrecular, retirar-se, retirar, suprimir

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