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What is another word for
turning tail
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Verb
Present participle for to turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away
Present participle for to go back over the same ground that one has traveled
Present participle for to avoid (something), especially out of fear
Noun
The action or fact of leaving or running away from a place or group
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Verb
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Present participle for to turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away
fleeing
bolting
vamoosing
scramming
scraming
skedaddling
scarpering
retreating
making off
running away
beating a hasty retreat
cutting and run
beating a retreat
running scared
turning around
deserting under fire
showing a clean pair of heels
making a U-turn
taking flight
taking off
splitting
beating it
clearing out
running for it
escaping
running off
legging it
peeling out
doing a bunk
flying
heading for the hills
cutting out
making a break for it
making a run for it
doing a runner
withdrawing
bugging out
lighting out
making a quick exit
taking a powder
running
clearing off
retiring
pulling out
falling back
shooting through
going through
flying the coop
pulling back
decamping
hightailing it
leaving
backing off
recoiling
hooking it
departing
drawing back
breaking
levanting
skipping off
doing a disappearing act
making oneself scarce
absconding
shrinking
doing a fade
giving ground
quitting
making a getaway
absenting yourself
backing away
going
disengaging
giving way
hightailing
taking to your heels
moving away
backing out
scooting
receding
evacuating
taking a hike
going away
taking it on the lam
baulking
UK
getting away
making tracks
balking
US
scampering
shrinking away
moving back
vacating
sloping off
moving
disappearing
blowing
retracting
making quick exit
getting
moving out
shunning
stepping on it
deserting
exiting
shying away
vanishing
dashing off
scattering
doing a moonlight flit
regressing
distancing oneself
shrinking back
pulling away
stepping back
resiling
turning away
going backward
fleeing from
flitting
flying from
setting off
running away from
making an exit
bolting from
setting out
stepping on the gas
jumping
making a break
moving along
hiding
hastening away
breaking out of
stealing away
lamming
making your escape
clearing
getting out
avoiding
running from
moving fast
shaking a leg
scurrying
getting lost
hustling
making haste
whizzing
scatting
speeding
dashing
hastening
racing
zipping
making time
getting a move on
going like lightning
rushing
hurrying up
expediting
spurring
hurrying
darting
digging out
bugging off
going off
shoving off
pushing off
bailing out
bailing
packing off
pushing on
piking out
buzzing off
stepping along
pulling stakes
packing up
running along
piking off
getting off
booking
hitting the road
peeling off
parting
walking out
sallying forth
going absent without leave
sneaking off
defecting
going missing
checking out
going west
taking French leave
walking
going AWOL
evading
folding
eluding
abandoning
going back
backing down
skipping
slipping away
breaking out
breaking free
escaping from
sneaking away
going on the lam
breaking loose
upping sticks
heading off
slinging your hook
making
breaking away
withdrawing from
cutting loose
absconding from
getting free
doing a vanishing act
getting going
packing your bags
abstracting oneself
saying your goodbyes
hotfooting it
eloping
heading
careering
bounding
ducking out
slipping out
making a escape
departing from
exiting from
moving out of
pulling out of
doing a Skase
taking leave
bogging off
starting out
having it away
bustling
separating
embarking
busting
absquatulating
forsaking
emigrating
ditching
running out on
sallying
migrating
dropping out
starting
bursting out
sprinting
cutting
repairing
disappearing from
retiring from
absenting oneself from
yeeting
removing
advancing
decamping from
going forth
going away from
saying goodbye
taking your leave of
making a move
busting out
setting forth
taking oneself off from
skipping out
breaking camp
betaking oneself
hitting the trail
getting under way
striking out
fading away
spreading
tearing off
slipping
doubling
emerging
passing
cruising
ranging
wending
moseying
breaking away from
wriggling out
springing
disaffiliating
dumping
flying away
making one's way
walking off
abdicating
retreating from
getting out of
skidaddling
barrelling
barreling
taking yourself off
getting on your bike
playing hooky
slipping through your fingers
getting away with
working out of
going scot-free
booking it
getting cracking
gitting
seceding
making for
leaving in a hurry
taking to flight
hying
hieing
proceeding
absenting
trooping
abandoning ship
jumping ship
going secretly
defecting from
freeing oneself
extricating oneself
taking on the lam
breaking with
disentangling yourself
scrambling
running for the hills
walking out on
opting out
leaving high and dry
copping out
kissing goodbye
parting company
coursing
flitting from
charging
leaving hastily
leaving abruptly
making a dash for it
leaving in the lurch
leaving flat
moving off
hitting the bricks
marching out
moving on
blasting off
racking off
leaving holding the bag
shooting
steering
beelining
bearing
scuttling
veering
aiming
sweeping
running like scared rabbit
departing secretly
making scarce
going south
dogging it
making a quick getaway
ambling
bursting out of
sundering out
breaking loose from
coming out
leaving town
emptying
stampeding
departing suddenly
issuing
relinquishing
clearing out from
clearing from
heading out from
bailing out from
pulling out from
stirring
making vacant
running off from
moving out from
ejecting from
taking off from
making empty
going from
heading out
riding off
setting out from
removing oneself
stepping down
coming away
giving the slip
disengaging from
walking away
doing a bunk from
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“We should have been able to say that we did not
turn tail
upon our enemies.”
Verb
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Present participle for to go back over the same ground that one has traveled
retracing your steps
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
backtracking
returning
retreating
retroceding
retrograding
going back
turning back
doubling back
falling back
withdrawing
retracting
retiring
reversing
receding
driving back
going into reverse
drawing back
moving back
going back over the same ground
regressing
moving backwards
backing up
moving backward
recanting
going backward
backing
about-facing
doing an about-turn
doing a U-turn
dooing an about-face
backing down
ebbing
doing a volte-face
backing away
retrogressing
driving backwards
backing off
flowing back
falling away
pulling out
backing out
going down
sinking
subsiding
abating
falling
departing
eating your words
moving further off
moving away
going away
drawing away
getting lower
settling
reconsidering
going out
flowing away
recoiling
flip-flopping
changing your mind
changing one's attitude
changing your decision
eating humble pie
conceding defeat
giving in
running away
sinking lower
repudiating
renouncing
reneging
abjuring
repealing
forswearing
unsaying
disavowing
disclaiming
abnegating
revoking
recalling
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
disowning
denying
rescinding
foreswearing
countermanding
annulling
withcalling
apologizing
US
welshing
suspending
eliminating
excluding
apologising
UK
taking back
going back on
reneging on
calling off
rowing back on
doing an about-turn on
having change of heart
backtracking on
forgetting it
doing a U-turn on
changing mind
ruling out
backing out of
changing one's tune
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid (something), especially out of fear
funking
evading
dodging
avoiding
ducking
getting out of
running away from
wriggling out of
copping out of
ducking out of
baulking at
escaping from
recoiling from
wussing out
flinching from
taking fright
chickening out of
Noun
▲
The action or fact of leaving or running away from a place or group
abandonment
desertion
absconding
flight
escape
decamping
departure
bolting
evasion
fleeing
flying
running away
departing
disappearance
marooning
retreat
withdrawal
running out on
truancy
betrayal
forsaking
defection
cowardice
tergiversation
resignation
retirement
elusion
going absent without leave
going AWOL
falling away
going back on
taking French leave
leaving
exodus
exit
quitting
evacuation
exiting
decampment
vacation
parting
going
recession
getaway
leave
abdication
emigration
migration
egress
egression
pulling out
hegira
leave-taking
separation
clearance
break
farewell
passing
outgo
secession
ebb
leavetaking
removal
adieu
goodbye
congé
embarkation
expatriation
departure from
elopement
withdrawal from
walking out
moving out
going away
lighting out
vanishing act
bow out
relinquishment
apostasy
vanishing
split
fallback
pullout
pullback
eviction
fading
extraction
katabasis
disunion
exit from
disappearing
disengagement
severance
breakup
pulling back
emptying
breakaway
pull-out
depopulation
seceding
drawing out
unpeopling
splitting
disaffiliation
fading away
breakout
dying out
liberation
outbreak
extrication
slip
retreat from
release
escaping
flit
freedom
lam
bolt
runaround
deliverance
spring
sidestepping
pull-out from
flight from
exodus from
clearance from
disappearance from
vacation from
bolt for freedom
break-out
springing
AWOL
beat
rescue
running off
passage
retiral
walkout
takeoff
withdrawing
start
going off
sailing off into the sunset
taking a powder
setting off
taking leave
bowing out
setting forth
starting out
setting out
taking off
more ❯
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