quail before

quail before someone or something

to cower before or at the threat of someone or something. The students quailed before the angry principal. They quailed before the thought of punishment.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Talia (2)	-	English (Australian)
Hayder	-	Arabic
Timofei	tee-mah-FYAY	Russian
Oles	-	Ukrainian
Brooklynn	BRUWK-lin	English (Modern)
Borislav	bah-ree-SLAHF (Russian)	Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic