pull in one's horns

Meanings

• make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
• "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"
• "He backed out of his earlier promise"
• "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

Synonyms

• retreat
• pull back
• back out
• back away
• crawfish
• crawfish out
• pull in one's horns
• withdraw

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