turn tail and run



turn tail (and run)

tv. to flee; to run away in fright. I couldn’t just turn tail and run, but I wasn’t going to fight that monster either.
See also: and, run, tail, turn

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Geronimoje-ro-NEE-moHistory
Elainai-LAYN-əEnglish
Boban-Serbian, Macedonian
AshtonASH-tənEnglish
AnthonyAN-thə-nee, AN-tə-neeEnglish
Johannayo-HAH-nah (German), yo-HAHN-nah (Danish, Dutch), YO-hahn-nah (Finnish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman