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What (who) is turn tail - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Turn! Turn! Turn! (disambiguation); Turn, Turn, Turn (disambiguation); Turn, Turn, Turn (song); Turn, Turn, Turn!
turn tail
(Colloq.) Flee, run away, make off, cut and run, retreat ignominiously.
turn tail
The Turn (film)
2012 SHORT FILM
The Turn (2012 film)
The Turn is a 2012 short film, written and directed by Christian Krohn. It stars James Phelps in one of his first roles since playing Fred Weasley in the Harry Potter film series.
Wikipedia
Turn, Turn, Turn
Turn, Turn, Turn may refer to:
- "Turn! Turn! Turn!", a 1959 song by Pete Seeger that later became a hit for The Byrds
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (album), an album by The Byrds
- "Turn, Turn, Turn" (CSI), an episode of the TV series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- "Turn! Turn! Turn!" (True Blood), a 2012 episode of the TV series True Blood
- "Turn, Turn, Turn", an episode of the TV series 7th Heaven
- Turn, Turn, Turn (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a 2014 episode of the American TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Examples of use of turn tail
1. However much the Tebbit tendency yells, Cameron cannot turn tail now.
2. If these two parameters change, even slightly, Google‘s share price could quickly turn tail.
3. Confronted with a pig the size of a pick–up truck, most youngsters would turn tail and flee.
4. "Their goal is to weaken our resolve by being so violent and so dangerous and so ugly that they hope that we will turn tail and run.
5. What observers are now debating is if investors will stay and weather the latest turbulence or turn tail and head for the safety of their home markets, leaving emerging economies reeling.