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turn tail

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1 turn tail

Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.

synoniemen: break away, bunk, escape, fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run, run away, scarper ... meer laten zien.

Roget 283: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; ... meer laten zien

Roget 623: abstain, refrain, spare, not attempt; not do etc. 681; maintain the even tenor of one's way.    eschew, keep from, let alone, have nothing to do with; keep aloof keep off, stand aloof, ... meer laten zien

Roget 862: quail etc. (fear) 860; be cowardly etc. adj., be a coward etc. n.; funk; cower, skulk, ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: weglopen, vluchten


Moby betekeniswoordenboek: abscond, absquatulate, beat a retreat, bolt, clear out, come about, cut and run, decamp, depart, desert, elope, fetch about, flee, fly, fugitate, go AWOL, go about, heel, jump, jump bail ... meer laten zien.

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