leave, go off, etc. with your tail between your legs
to leave, feeling ashamed and embarrassed because you have failed or made a mistake:
The losing team went off with their tails between their legs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Losing and being defeated
- battering
- capitulate
- defeat
- downfall
- drubbing
- fallen
- give
- give in
- go
- go down
- knuckle under
- lose
- meet your match idiom
- say
- squeaker
- succumb
- tail
- throw
- tie
- you win! idiom
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