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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
pull in one's horns
v : 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" [syn: retreat,
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish
out, withdraw]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
pull in one's horns
vb.
(lb en idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or
argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
pull in one's horns
vb.
(lb en idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or
argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
pull in one's horns
vb.
(lb en idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or
argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
pull in one's horns
vb.
(lb en idiomatic) To become less impassioned, aggressive, or
argumentative; to exercise restraint; to yield or capitulate.
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
pull in one's horns
收敛气焰,软下来,打退堂鼓
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