turn tail
to turn around and run away, usually because you are frightened:
As soon as they saw we had guns, they turned tail and ran away.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- flee
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- leg
- loose
- scram
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- throw
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