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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
bolting
fleeing
skedaddling
making off
retreating
running away
scarpering
scramming
scraming
vamoosing
beating a retreat
cutting and run
running scared
turning around
beating a hasty retreat
deserting under fire
making a U-turn
turning on a dime
showing a clean pair of heels
taking flight
taking off
splitting
beating it
escaping
running for it
clearing out
running off
legging it
peeling out
doing a bunk
cutting out
flying
heading for the hills
making a run for it
making a break for it
doing a runner
bugging out
lighting out
making a quick exit
clearing off
taking a powder
withdrawing
running
retiring
shooting through
going through
flying the coop
pulling out
falling back
decamping
pulling back
backing off
leaving
hightailing it
hooking it
recoiling
doing a disappearing act
skipping off
levanting
making oneself scarce
drawing back
breaking
departing
absconding
doing a fade
shrinking
giving ground
absenting yourself
quitting
making a getaway
backing away
scooting
hightailing
moving away
going
disengaging
giving way
taking to your heels
backing out
scampering
making tracks
receding
balking
US
evacuating
taking a hike
going away
taking it on the lam
baulking
UK
getting away
shrinking away
moving back
moving
disappearing
vanishing
blowing
getting
exiting
retracting
vacating
stepping on it
sloping off
making quick exit
moving out
shunning
deserting
shying away
doing a moonlight
scattering
doing a moonlight flit
dashing off
shrinking back
stepping on the gas
jumping
regressing
distancing oneself
making a break
moving along
stepping back
resiling
turning away
going backward
fleeing from
flitting
flying from
setting off
running away from
making an exit
bolting from
setting out
hiding
hastening away
breaking out of
stealing away
lamming
making your escape
clearing
getting out
avoiding
running from
evading
folding
eluding
abandoning
going back
backing down
bailing
booking
parting
going absent without leave
sneaking off
defecting
going missing
checking out
going west
taking French leave
walking
going AWOL
digging out
bugging off
going off
shoving off
bailing out
pushing off
pushing on
buzzing off
stepping along
pulling stakes
running along
getting off
peeling off
walking out
sallying forth
packing off
piking out
packing up
piking off
hitting the road
pulling away
scurrying
hustling
whizzing
scatting
speeding
dashing
hastening
racing
zipping
rushing
expediting
spurring
hurrying
darting
kicking rocks
moving fast
getting lost
making haste
making time
hurrying up
shaking a leg
going like lightning
getting a move on
skipping
getting going
slipping away
taking leave
sneaking away
heading off
slinging your hook
going on the lam
hotfooting it
hopping it
racking off
bogging off
taking yourself off
breaking free
breaking out
shooing
doing a vanishing act
hitting the trail
ducking out
starting out
avaunting
having it away
saying goodbye
stepping out
doing a Skase
moving off
making a escape
going out
upping sticks
skipping out
abstracting oneself
packing your bags
breaking loose
taking wing
getting free
saying your goodbyes
walking off
gitting
removing
repairing
busting
making
running out on
hauling off
oning your bike
breaking camp
getting stuffed
making a start
betaking oneself
walking out on
nicking off
getting along
getting moving
dropping out
leaving flat
popping off
cutting loose
pushing along
drawing away
hopping the stick
going and jump in the lake
hopping the twig
making a move
naffing off
sodding off
taking a long walk on a short pier
going jump in the lake
going to hell
making away
absquatulating
fading away
forsaking
heading
getting on your bike
departing suddenly
marooning
cruising
ranging
marching
separating
saying adieu
stranding
striking out
making for
moseying
making one's way
wending
booking it
getting cracking
extricating oneself
freeing oneself
abdicating
breaking up
saying farewell
running out
taking a walk
migrating
emigrating
sallying
slipping
shoving
leaping
off-loading
shipping
flowing
bustling
absenting
proceeding
starting
trooping
advancing
conking out
emerging
passing
doubling
eloping
issuing
hitting the bricks
going forth
setting forth
marching out
moving on
blasting off
exeunting
working out of
taking on the lam
breaking away from
going scot-free
playing hooky
bursting out
slipping through your fingers
wriggling out
getting away with
springing
moving about
going off in a huff
flouncing out
leaving suddenly
storming off
storming out
making a sudden departure
getting up and go
easing out
quitting the scene
splitting up
breaking off
shipping out
going separate ways
parting company
dumping
ditching
going your way
getting out of my sight
going and chase yourself
going offstage
bidding farewell
flaking off
doing vanishing act
leaving in the lurch
opting out
kissing goodbye
making a dash for it
leaving holding the bag
running like scared rabbit
leaving high and dry
copping out
jumping ship
departing secretly
making scarce
going south
dogging it
making a quick getaway
kiting
going away from
decamping from
withdrawing from
absenting oneself from
disappearing from
absconding from
retiring from
going from
exiting from
removing oneself
departing from
pulling out of
taking oneself off from
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“We should have been able to say that we did not
turn tail
upon our enemies.”
Verb
▲
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
running away
regrouping
recoiling
flip-flopping
changing your mind
changing one's attitude
changing your decision
eating humble pie
conceding defeat
giving in
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
decampment
exiting
vacation
going
parting
recession
getaway
leave
abdication
emigration
migration
egress
egression
hegira
pulling out
leave-taking
clearance
break
farewell
passing
separation
outgo
ebb
leavetaking
removal
adieu
goodbye
congé
embarkation
expatriation
departure from
secession
elopement
withdrawal from
walking out
moving out
going away
lighting out
vanishing act
bow out
relinquishment
vanishing
fallback
fading
pullout
pullback
eviction
exit from
disappearing
extraction
katabasis
disengagement
disaffiliation
split
pulling back
pull-out
apostasy
emptying
fading away
drawing out
depopulation
breakout
unpeopling
splitting
severance
breakaway
schism
dying out
liberation
rupture
division
dissension
disunion
rift
seceding
breakup
outbreak
extrication
slip
release
escaping
flit
freedom
lam
bolt
runaround
deliverance
spring
sidestepping
bolt for freedom
break-out
springing
AWOL
beat
rescue
running off
retreat from
pull-out from
flight from
exodus from
clearance from
disappearance from
vacation from
dropping out
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
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