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Synonyms for turn tail
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : teyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : teɪl |
Définition of turn tail
Origin :- "limitation of ownership," a legal term, early 14c. in Anglo-French; late 13c. in Anglo-Latin, in most cases a shortened form of entail.
- verb turn and run away
- As I got higher it became hail, and I had to turn tail to it.
- Extract from : « Danger! and Other Stories » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- In such cases, I have seen first one turn tail, then the other.
- Extract from : « Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers » by John Burroughs
- When a man once funks his own name he'll turn tail on anything.
- Extract from : « Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
- We should have been able to say that we did not turn tail upon our enemies.
- Extract from : « Blue Jackets » by George Manville Fenn
- I felt so shabby and disreputable that I was tempted to turn tail and escape.
- Extract from : « My Friend Smith » by Talbot Baines Reed
- Even if he spent his majority in the London docks he would not turn tail.
- Extract from : « Roger Ingleton, Minor » by Talbot Baines Reed
- When we get to that stage, you'll be the first to turn tail and let the others die!
- Extract from : « The Death of the Gods » by Dmitri Mrejkowski
- She had begun to like him so much, it grieved her to see him turn tail.
- Extract from : « To Tell You the Truth » by Leonard Merrick
- He could believe that gauge and turn tail—or he could figure it was wrong and go on.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
- He insulted me so grievously that I had to turn tail and run away from him.
- Extract from : « Marion Fay » by Anthony Trollope
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- turnip
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- upturn
- well turned out
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