'turn tail' definitions:
Definition of 'turn tail'
From: WordNet
verb
Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: 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]
Synonyms of 'turn tail'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscond,
- absquatulate,
- beat a retreat,
- bolt,
- clear out,
- come about,
- cut and run,
- decamp,
- depart,
- desert,
- elope,
- fetch about,
- flee,
- fly,
- fugitate,
- go about,
- go AWOL,
- heel,
- jump,
- jump bail,
- levant,
- make off,
- pivot,
- pivot about,
- put about,
- round,
- run,
- run away,
- run away from,
- run away with,
- run for it,
- run off,
- show the heels,
- skedaddle,
- skip,
- skip out,
- slip the cable,
- spin,
- swing,
- swing round,
- swivel,
- take flight,
- take French leave,
- take to flight,
- take wing,
- turn,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn round,
- veer,
- veer around,
- wheel,
- wheel about,
- whirl