How To Use Turn tail In A Sentence
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Pritch kenneled just fine for the rest of the weekend ... but I must admit that I was a bit surprised to see her turn tail and leave me in the dust.
What Would You Do?
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But Elspeth ... and to haunt me in that stinking stokehold came the appalling question: suppose it was my skin or hers - would I turn tail then?
Flashman's Lady
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At the Pentagon, however, senior naval officials appear smugly confident that the Chinese would turn tail once the U. S. carriers show up like the cavalry.
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Turn tail!" replied Larry, "it is I that wouldn't -- I appale to St. Patrick himself over beyond" -- pointing to a picture of the Prime Saint of Ireland, which hung in gilt daubery behind his master's chair, right opposite to him.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 342, November 22, 1828
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Some whales leap out of the water to watch humans; others turn tail and dive.
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When you see the wave coming that you want to ride in, you turn tail to it and paddle shoreward with all your strength, using what is called the windmill stroke.
Jack London:Surfing in Hawaii
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I can understand that they might outfly us, but why would they turn tail and run?
I, TOO, DREAM....
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It was astonishing to observe how suddenly the boat would spin around and turn tail.
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If it is not squeaky clean , investors could turn tail , raising the country's borrowing costs.
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There was only one conceivable reason this lone Covenant destroyer would turn tail.
