turn tail

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

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, lam, run away,
run away, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape,
fly the coop, break away
• Derivationally related forms:
runaway (for: run away), lam (for: lam)
• Hypernyms:
leave, go forth, go away
• Hyponyms:
flee, fly, take flight, skedaddle
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP