draw in horns and pull in horns

draw in one's horns and pull in one's horns

Fig. to back down from a fight. For a minute it looked like they were gonna start sluggin' each other, but then they drew in their horns. We tried to calm him down and get him to pull in his horns.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÉMeline	-	French
Antonio	ahn-TO-nyo (Spanish, Italian)	Spanish, Italian, Croatian
Sylvi	SUYL-vee (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish
Denton	DEN-tən	English
Valery	[.vælə'ri:]
ValÉRiane	-	French