turn tail

Now all he wanted to do was turn tail and run out again.

Perhaps he was going to give himself up, or turn tail!

"Now 100 years later we're going to turn tail and run?"

"I thought they'd have turned tail and run by now."

Next to that he's always the first person to turn tail during a dangerous situation.

All this way, merely to turn tail and run home?

How can we find meaning where everything turns tail upon itself?

I mean the damned thing had never done anything but turn tail and run.

A few yards from the door of the church he turned tail and ran.

When we took out another pirate the others turned tail.

This is the second time you've had us turn tail, Henderson.

"We came all the way across town to turn tail and run?

I very nearly turned tail and fled without further investigation.

They saw that black fog you raised, and turned tail.

The Wolves were coming in with reports that they'd turned tail.

"So you're saying he wanted to turn tail at the first sign of hostility?"

At the sight of the three men he turned tail and fled.

The middle of the three wolves dropped, and the other two turned tail.

Most will turn tail and flee when humans come near.

Well, here was all the advance warning anyone needed, and still he could not bring himself to turn tail.

Still I advanced steadily, looking for him to turn tail at any moment and run.

With the whole world watching, the Cubans once again turned tail and ran.

She would make it crash, or turn tail and flee.

They loved the fact that we didn't just turn tail and give up.

They could not turn tail and run, not for a while at least.