pull in one's horns

(Pronunciation -تلفظ سنیۓ ) US:

Slow

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Verb: pull in one's horns

1. pull in one's horns [ Synonyms: back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, retreat, withdraw]
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";	وعدے سے پھرنا۔ وعدے سے منحرف ہونا۔ وعدے کی پاسداری نہ کرنا۔

Derived Words:

withdrawal, withdrawer

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