pull in one's horns

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verb

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
• Derivationally related forms:
withdrawer (for: withdraw), withdrawal (for: withdraw)
• Verb Group:
withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede,
pull back, retire, move back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s