turned tail
phrase
as in retreated
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening You can't go around starting fights and then turning tail when they don't go your way. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- retreated
- fled
- flew
- bolted
- ran away
- ran off
- beat a retreat
- escaped
- run
- ran
- beat it
- bugged out
- made tracks
- got out
- broke
- skedaddled
- cleared out
- made off
- skirred
- hightailed (it)
- lighted out
- skipped (out)
- decamped
- mizzled
- got (away)
- lit
- absconded
- scatted
- scrammed
- eloped
- lammed
- scarpered
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- confronted
- faced
- dared
- bearded
- remained
- hung around
- defied
- braved
- stayed
- dwelt
- abode
- lingered
- stuck around
- dwelled
- tarried
- abided
- microscleric
- microsclerous
- Microscolex
- microscope
- microscopes
- microscopic
- microscopical
- microscopically
- microscopies
- microscopist
- microscopists
- Microscopium
- microscopy
- microsecond
- microseconds
- microseism
- microseismic
- microseismicities
- microseismicity
- microseismograph
- microseismology
- microseismometer
- microseismometry
- microseisms
- microsensor