turn tail
43 synonyms found
- abscond
- absquatulate
- beat a retreat
- bolt
- clear out
- come about
- cut and run
- decamp
- elope
- fetch about
- fly
- fugitate
- go about
- go AWOL
- jump bail
- levant
- make off
- pivot
- pivot about
- put about
- run away
- run away from
- run away with
- run for it
- run off
- show the heels
- skedaddle
- skip
- skip out
- slip the cable
- swing round
- swivel
- take flight
- take French leave
- take to flight
- take wing
- turn about
- turn around
- turn round
- veer
- veer around
- wheel about
- whirl
Definition
"he was the sort of man who, faced with the prospect of marriage, decided to turn tail and run rather than commit."