turn tail

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To turn away from someone or something, in preparation for running away; to reverse direction; to leave or flee. idiomatic
    — A box-lobby lion or a Regent-street animal . . . will never bite, and, if you offer to attack him manfully, will fairly turn tail and sneak off.

词形变化

turns tail present,singular,third-person turning tail participle,present turned tail participle,past turned tail past
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