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turn tail

To flee; to run away; to leave.
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He was the sort of man who, faced with the prospect of marriage, decided to turn tail and run rather than commit.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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Schwanz drehen

huir

tourner la queue

girare la coda

virar cauda

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