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turn tail 
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(TTS Sound)Overview of verb turn_tail
The verb turn tail has 1 sense
- scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away -- (flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up")