draw in (one's) horns

To act more cautiously than one did before. I just got this quarter's budget report, and we definitely need to draw in our horns and spend less going forward.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adnitt	['ædnit]
Dagur	-	Icelandic
LÚ&Eth;VÍK	LOODH-veek	Icelandic
Henrique	-	Portuguese
Yocheved	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Jayendra	-	Indian, Hindi